The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine...Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.
When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest.
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.
Nothing can take the place of a real hunger for souls, or make up for the lack of it.
An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power.
Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.