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

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 devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.

We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.

Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.

No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.

Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.