We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their “virtues” as others do from their sins.
There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.
That Bible is read best – which is practiced most!
Do something, by God’s help, to make heaven more full and hell more empty.
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples.
Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church.
Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.
Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
Let us read the Bible reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in it.
I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays.
Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.
In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe – only believe; in sanctification the word must be ‘watch, pray, and fight.’
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna – daily drawing new strength from Christ?
A man’s state before God may always be measured by his prayers.