I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.

If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I would set the world on fire.

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.