Let me endeavor to lead you out of yourself: let me invite you to look unto Jesus.

God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.

By affliction prayer is quickened, for our prayers are very apt to grow languid and formal in a time of ease.

So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on.

I look upon prayer-meetings as the most profitable exercises (excepting the public preaching) in which Christians can engage. They have a direct tendency to kill a worldly, trifling spirit, and to draw down a Divine blessing upon all our concerns, compose differences, and enkindle (at least maintain) the flames of Divine love amongst brethren.

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.

If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.