God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book.

It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness, and unbelief. Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and of conduct.

Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.

Faith is trusting Jesus to lead us and going where He leads. What avails it to me to analyze Saratoga water, and to believe in its virtues? I must drink the water if I want its purifying power. And the soul that has not actually drunk of Christ can never be purged from sin.

You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear through all eternity.

God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.

God sometimes washes the eyes of His children with tears in order that they may read aright His providence and His commandments.