If any man will preach as he should preach, his work will take more out of him than any other labor under heaven.

When home is ruled according to God's Word, angels might be asked to stay a night with us, and they would not find themselves out of their element.

No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.

God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.

I know perfectly well that, wherever I go and preach, there are many better preachers ... than I am; all that I can say about it is that the Lord uses me.

We must mark God's providence leading us; and if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes

He who boasts of being perfect is perfect in folly. I never saw a perfect man. Every rose has its thorns, and every day its night. Even the sun shows spots, and the skies are darkened with clouds; and faults of some kind nestle in every bosom.