Christ has no velvet crosses.

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

Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and leave it there; duties are ours, events are the Lord's.

There is no sweeter fellowship with Christ than to bring our wounds and our sores to him.

No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.

I urge you a nearer communion with Christ, and a growing communion. There are curtains to be opened in Christ that we have never seen before... Therefore dig deep, and sweat, and labor. Take pains for Him, and set aside as much time as you can in each day for Him.

Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.