A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace.

A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.

What would you expect? Sin will not come to you saying, 'I am sin.' It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems 'good, pleasant and desirable' at the time of arrival.

No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart.

And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man 's soul.

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

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.