The author tells a story wherein a missionary friend of his was invited by unbelievers on a train ride to play cards. The friend declined, saying that he did not bring his hands with him. He explained to the astonished group that the hands attached to what they saw as his body belonged to the Lord, and he was thereby able to explain the Gospel.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth.

Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross.

A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable.

I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.

It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.