The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty.

Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.

If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.

If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.

I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kulenberg did.