“That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.”

The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.

I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps

Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.

Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.

Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.

My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.

The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.

Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.

If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.

We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.