Let us learn to be patient in the days of darkness, if we know anything of vital union with Christ.

A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone

We know but little of true Christianity, if we don't feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.

Hell itself is truth known too late

The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.

Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.