Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.

What can this world offer comparable with that insight into spiritual things, that keen faith, that heavenly peace, that high sanctity, that everlasting righteousness, that hope of glory, which they have, who in sincerity love and follow our Lord Jesus Christ?

Reason is one thing and faith is another and reason can as little be made a substitute for faith, as faith can be made a substitute for reason.