“The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.”

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

When the Bible speaks, God speaks.

Satan is an astute theologian.

How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.

Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.

The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve.

In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.

Forgiveness is not the fruit of our own efforts but rather a gift, it is a gift of the Holy Spirit.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

The peace that we’re after lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Japan should aim at is a society in which the efforts of people are rewarded.

If you put that effort in, you’ll get what you want.