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.

Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away.

A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.

Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.

The best of men are men at best

We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to be lightly esteemed. An ordinance to which the great Head of the Church submitted, ought to be ever honorable in the eyes of professing Christians.