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.

If your creed and Scripture do not agree, cut your creed to pieces, but make it agree with this book.

Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.

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

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.

He is ready to cleanse you, It is sin, after all, that lies at the door and blocks you way to the Savior.

Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool.