God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does purpose a change.

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.

Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.

Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power.

The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.

There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while we live in this world. Sin will not spare for one day. There is no safety but in a constant warfare for those who desire deliverance from sin's perplexing rebellion.

Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.