Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

After a storm comes a calm.

Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.

The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.

Christ died. He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to follow Him, He left not silver or gold, but something far better-His PEACE!

Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.