Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.

Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.

I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays.

We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.

When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.

A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him. Such a one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach and work and give money, he will cry and sigh and pray.

Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.