The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.

The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let it be remembered, that it was practised only by a lost soul and without success.

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.