Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved.

An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ.

Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.

Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's word.

A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or not. The measure of a child's ability to do this becomes, in the long run, the measure of his practical efficiency in whatever sphere of life he labors.

Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved.