We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think.

Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.

The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.

The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

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

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