But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.

The care of the soul is 'a matter of the highest importance;' beyond any thing which can be brought into comparison with it.

Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.

How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended.

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

To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers.

People want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity; they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ will have mercy on us.' But pray what is there in our sincerity to recommend us to God? ... therefore, if you depend on your sincerity for your salvation, your sincerity will damn you.