Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?

So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.

Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.

Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil.