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.

The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up...When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.

The best style of prayer is that which cannot be called anything else but a cry.

Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven.

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.