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.

Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.

There are passages of the Bible that are soiled forever by the touches of the hands of ministers who delight in the cheap jokes they have left behind them.

To say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.