Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.

A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself.

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.

God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it.

The more we pray, the more we shall want to pray. The more we pray, the more we can pray. The more we pray, the more we shall pray. He who prays little will pray less, but he who prays much will pray more. And he who prays more, will desire to pray more abundantly.

Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It loves for the creature's sake it loves, and for nothing else.

We often forget that the author of our faith must be the finisher of it also.