Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That is why there are so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been bestowed on men alone to remind them that they are created to praise and magnify the Lord.

To do so no more is the truest repentance.

Let us not flutter too high, but remain by the manger and the swaddling clothes of Christ, 'in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.'

One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.

In many countries there are particular places to which devils more especially resort. In Prussia there is an infinite number of evil spirits.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.