Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows them to have a tremendous fall.

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

No doubt men may easily think too little of God the Father, and God the Spirit, but no man ever thought too much of Christ.

What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.

The key to understanding the Bible is Jesus Christ.

The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.

The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.