The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.
The capacity for tears is the last demonstration of greatness.
The three essentials for great preaching are: truth, clarity, and passion.
The severity of the law of God is the necessary sequence of his infinite love.
How would you like to live with somebody who was everlastingly grieving your heart by his conduct?
"Out, damned spot!" That is the true cry of human nature. That stain cannot be removed without blood and that which is infinitely more, and deeper, and profounder, and more terrible than blood, of which blood is but the symbol - the suffering of Deity.