O what a blessed day that will be when I shall . . . stand on the shore and look back on the raging seas I have safely passed; when I shall review my pains and sorrows, my fears and tears, and possess the glory which was the end of all!

In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience.

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Hell is paved with infants skulls.

A man pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man's mouth will drive him about as the chaff, from any duty, and to any sin.

Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves!

Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday