Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction and earthly things. They have no forethought for their eternal state, the present hour absorbs them. They turn to another and another of earth's broken cisterns, hoping to find water, where not a drop was ever discovered yet.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable.

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.

The Word of God will be to you a bulwark and a high tower, a castle of defense against the foe. Oh, see to it that the Word of God is in you, in your very soul, permeating your thoughts, and so operating upon your outward life, that all may know you to be a true Bible-Christian, for they perceive it in your words and deeds.