What a testing of character adversity is.
Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.
No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.
A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other.
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place.
A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the cellar ... but he believes in the truth of the hours he spends upstairs.