If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are...exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm.

When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons.

There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.

Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)

So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without emotion it can never be reasonably maintained that it is their natural impulse to wound and kill the dumb animals, or to butcher one another in what is called the field of honour.