Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if you are going to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are going to draw others out of the water. You cannot work a fire escape without feeling the scorch of the conflagration, nor man a lifeboat without being covered with the waves.

Conversion is a turning onto the right road. The next thing to do is to walk on it.

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

My soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things-God alone can give rest to my spirit.

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.

Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth.

Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.