There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.

Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.

Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.

The harvest of the Lord’s field is seldom ripened by sunshine only. It must go through its days of wind, rain and storm.

Who shall dare to talk of strength when David can fall?

To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.

Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do not let newspapers, novels, and romances be read, while the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and sensual swallow up your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind.