Every true revival from that day to this has had its earthly origin in prayer.

There are two ways of reaching the people. One way is to invite them to come to you, the other way is to go to them.

For eighteen centuries every engine of destruction that human science, philosophy, wit, reasoning or brutality could bring to bear against a book has been brought to bear against that book to stamp it out of the world, but it has a mightier hold on the world today than ever before. If that were man's book it would have been annihilated and forgotten hundreds of years ago.

I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the greatest general that ever commanded an army; I would rather win souls than be the greatest poet, or novelist, or literary man who ever walked the earth. My one ambition in life is to win as many as possible.

The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer.

To win men to acceptance of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord is the only reason Christians are left in this world.

We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.