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

Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.

A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him. Such a one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach and work and give money, he will cry and sigh and pray.

Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.

What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.

How can we love sin, when we remember that because of our sins Jesus died?

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