When fathers are tongue tied religiously with their offspring, need they wonder if their children's hearts remain sin tied?

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.

If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I am sure I am here by mistake; I am sure this is not my place; I have no claim to it." But if it be of grace and not of works, then we may walk into heaven with boldness.

To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still, and that is to forgive. As it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive rises a stage higher in experience than to be forgiven.

Begin early to teach, for children begin early to sin.

The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.

The tears of affliction are often needed to keep the eye of faith bright.