A man says to me, ‘Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?’ No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.
It is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble but the one you are in today.
Never be afraid of the world’s censure; it’s praise is much more to be dreaded.
Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.
Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!
Begin early to teach, for children begin early to sin.
If there be a man before me who says that the wrath of God is too heavy a punishment for his little sin, I ask him, if the sin be little, why does he not give it up?
If we had to preach to thousands year after year, and never rescued but one soul, that one soul would be a full reward for all our labour, for a soul is of countless price.
You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
If you wish to know God, you must know his Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.
When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.
Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!
It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.
Jesus wept, but He never complained.
It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others.
Oh, the stoop of the Redeemer’s amazing love! Let us, henceforth, contend how low we can go side by side with Him, but remember when we have gone to the lowest He descends lower still, so that we can truly feel that the very lowest place is too high for us, because He has gone lower still.
The Gospel is like a caged lion. It does not need to be defended, it just needs to be let out of its cage.