All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome.

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.

Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!

He [Jesus Christ] loves to see poor sinners coming to Him, He is pleased to see them lie at His feet pleading His promises; and if you thus come to Christ, He will not send you away without His Spirit; no, but will receive and bless you.

John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back, "There are only Christians here."

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.