If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love, impart strength to all its actions, and spread abroad the joy of the Holy Spirit in its countenance and words, it is this simple and childlike repose in the arms of God.

Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.

Shoes divide men into three classes. Some men wear their father's shoes. They make no decisions of their own. Some are unthinkingly shod by the crowd. The strong man is his own cobbler. He insists on making his own choices. He walks in his own shoes.

God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.

Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.

Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.

Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole.