Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.
Better to bear than to swear, and to die than to lie.
A Christian will part with anything rather than his hope; he knows that hope will keep the heart both from aching and breaking, from fainting and sinking; he knows that hope is a beam of God, a spark of glory, and that nothing shall extinguish it till the soul be filled with glory.
As the body lives by breathing, so the soul lives by believing.
A man had need to fear this most of all that he fears not at all.
Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.