Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather your manna fresh every morning. Choose your own seasons and hours. Do not scramble over and hurry your reading. Give your Bible the best, and not the worst, part of your time. But whatever plan you pursue, let it be a rule of your life to visit the throne of grace and the Bible every day.

Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst.

It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.

How can we love sin, when we remember that because of our sins Jesus died?

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?

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.

It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.