God has a purpose in every life, and when the soul is completely yielded and acquiescent, He will certainly realize it. Blessed is he who has never thwarted the working of the divine ideal.

The man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.

The quiet life is by no means the greatest life. Some characters can only reach the highest standard of spirituality by the disturbings or displacings in the order of God's providence.

Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.

Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His blood.

We never get so near God as when we plead for others.

How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!