We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts

The Lord Jesus sits in heaven, ruling over all, and causing all things to work for his children's good.

O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are at an end. You have nothing but trouble before you. . . . Your liberties will be lost.

You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.

I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word. This proved meat indeed and drink indeed to my soul. I daily received fresh life, light and power from above.

O turn to Him [Jesus Christ], turn in a sense of your own unworthiness, and be not faithless, but believing.

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.