You shall by faith sustain yourself and comfort yourself in your Lord, and be strong in His power; for you are in the beaten and common way to heaven, when you are under our Lord's crosses. You have reason to rejoice in it, more than in a crown of gold; and rejoice and be glad to bear the reproaches of Christ.

He who duly esteemeth Christ, is a noble bidder, and so a noble and liberal buyer.

In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.

I live no more, but Christ liveth in me!

Set no time to the Lord the creator of time, for His time is always best.

If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all. But because we have Christ for our tutor, and He has our heaven in His hand, therefore the covenant it must be perpetual.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.