Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity which the prosperous man [the man at ease] dreams not of.

Conflicts bring experience and experience brings that growth in Grace which is not to be attained by any other means!

God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled.

If the professed convert distinctly and deliberately declares that he knows the Lord's will, but does not mean to attend to it, you are not to pamper his presumptions, but it is your duty to assure him that he is not saved.

Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.

We must teach plainly that the faith which saves the soul is not a dead faith, but a faith which operates with purifying effect upon our entire nature, and produces in us fruits of righteousness to the praise and glory of God.

This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.