Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and kindly receives them, and dedicates them to the Father by a solemn act of blessing.

The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.