I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.

It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view.

Christ alone can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone.

I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.

I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.

There is a Ruler above, and His Providence guides all things. He is our Friend and has plenty of work for all His people to do. It is such a blessing and a privilege to be led into His work instead of into the service of the hard taskmasters - the Devil and sin.