Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.

Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.

I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up

It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.

But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower

He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.