True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.

Let us learn to be patient in the days of darkness, if we know anything of vital union with Christ.

Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.

Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.