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

A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.

The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying.

Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?

On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart by the Spirit. We must be changed as well as forgiven; we must be renewed as well as redeemed.

The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in the same army, travelers to the same home. When he meets them, he feels as if he had long known them. He is more at home with them in a few minutes, than he is with many worldly people after an acquaintance of several years. And what is the secret of all this? It is simply affection to the same Savior and love to the same Lord.

If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.