A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.

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

Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.

If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.

We are evidently no friends of Satan. Like the kings of this world, he wars not against his own subjects. The very fact that he assaults us should fill our minds with hope.

So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man.