An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.

Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.

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

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

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.