Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.

If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.

If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, it would be a matter of entire indifference to each which service fell to his lot, the post of ruler or the post of scavenger; for the joy of the angels lies only in obedience to God’s will, and with equal joy they would lift a Lazarus in his rags to Abraham’s bosom, or be a chariot of fire to carry an Elijah home.

A bowler can make or break a chap.

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

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

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.