“In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.”

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.

If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.

You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.

Don’t you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you.

That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.

I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving.

I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I’ve been so sweet.

Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.