Troublous times, departures from the faith, evil men waxing worse and worse, love waxing cold, are things distinctly predicted.

If we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plain—we must begin with Christ. We must go to him as sinners, with no plea but that of utter need, and cast our souls on him by faith, for peace and reconciliation with God.... If we would grow in holiness and become more sanctified, we must continually go on as we began, and be ever making fresh applications to Christ.

People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.

Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.

There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.