When I was a child there were many witches, and they bewitched both cattle and men, especially children.
We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty.
How rich a God our God is! He gives enough, but we don’t notice it. He gave the whole world to Adam, but this was nothing in Adam’s eyes; he was concerned about one tree and had to ask why God had forbidden him to eat it.
The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.
Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.
We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.
No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.
A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear apples and not thorns, seeing that the apple-tree will do it naturally and far better than any laws or teaching can prescribe.
Faith is the master, and reason the maid-servant.
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
God is wholly present in all creation, in every corner, behind you and before you. Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven? God is watching over you and protecting you.
God wants to be praised for nourishing and cherishing, for God cherishes all creatures. God is not only the creator, but is also the sustainer and nourisher.
The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.
A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.
If the heart has been reformed by the spirit, it makes use of both the useful and delightful things created and given by God in a holy manner and with thanksgiving.
The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it gives us a sense of worth, of belonging, and of at homeness in the universe.