When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.

We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing.

The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.