It is good for us to think that no grace or blessing is truly ours till we are aware that God has blessed some one else with it through us.

For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch the harmony of the new life.‎

There are two ways of defending a castle; one by shutting yourself up in it, and guarding every loop-hole; the other by making it an open centre of operations from which all the surrounding country may be subdued. Is not the last the truest safety?

The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the character of any battle is determined by three elements; the gun (including the gunner), the ammunition, and the fortress against which the attack is made.