Men to be truly won must be won by truth.
A church should be a camp of soldiers, not an hospital of invalids. But there is exceedingly much difference between what ought be and what is, and consequently many of God’s people are in so sad a state that the very fittest prayer for them is for revival.
It is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age.
Not even in this world does sin pay its servants good wages.
Man’s words are mere breath, but the word of the Lord is spirit and life.
We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light.
The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us.
Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.
The holiest of Christians, and those who understand best the gospel of Christ, find in themselves a constant inclination to look to the power of the creature, instead of looking to the power of God and the power of God alone.
Prayer is doubts destroyer, ruin’s remedy, the antidote to all anxieties.
Prayer is the best response to hatred.
True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God.
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven and earth.
True prayer is the trading of the heart with God.
God is with us, and His power is around us.
One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.
The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must be in earnest; he must not only act as if he were in earnest, or try to be in earnest, but be in earnest.
The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer’s heart is that which first has broken the preacher’s heart, and the sermon which is likely to reach the heart of the hearer is the one which has come straight from the heart of the preacher.
Do not begin to teach others until the Lord has taught you.