The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

It is better to take time to consider before than to find time to repent after.

The kingdom of heaven was never intended to indulge the ease of triflers, but to the rest of them that labor.

God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men — this is mine: That a life spent in the service of God, and communion with him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that one can live in the present world.