“I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.”

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.

You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.

The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.

The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.

Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.

Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.