No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.

Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.

We regard prayer no longer as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege which is to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.

Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.