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.

Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.

Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.

A man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it, and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty... We shall do well to remember that when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our sinfulness, we are on very dangerous ground.

Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.

Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!

Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.