A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.
Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?