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.

I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?

Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.

Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.

Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened.

I ascribe my change wholly to God.

If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other form of visible power at our disposal; but with such stones as we find in the brook, and with our own usual sling, let us run to meet the enemy.