My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.
Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.
Every drop of rain hits its appointed target.
A bowler can make or break a chap.
As to myself, if I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.