God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.

All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.

My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.

Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.

May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

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.