The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.

What the heart liketh best, the mind studieth most.

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.

This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.

There are no men more careful of the use of means than those that are surest of a good issue and conclusion, for the one stirs up diligence in the other. Assurance of the end stirs up diligence in the means. For the soul of a believing Christian knows that God has decreed both.

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace.