Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

Abiding in Jesus isn't fixing our attention on Christ, but it is being one with Him... A man is abiding just as much when he is sleeping for Jesus, as when he is awake and working for Jesus. Oh, it is a very sweet thing to have one's mind just resting there.

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike, which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly, is really a Divinely appointed means of grace. Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength; and in fasting we learn what poor, weak creatures we are-dependent on a meal of meat for the little strength which we are so apt to lean upon.