It is better to be the Lord's servant than the church's idol. It is better to be the Lord's servant than the world's master.

In the battles fought by men, some must win, some lose, but in the Christian conflict every fighter wins.

God and His works are alike in this:the more narrowly they are inspected the more beautiful and glorious they appear. Man and his works are alike in this :the more closely they are inspected the more their defects are exposed.

The strongest graces in a Christian are only the shadows of the excellencies of Christ.

I shall be rich when I am emptied of myself and filled with my Redeemer's glories.

A christian's comforts may sometimes freeze in his own heart, but the wells of salvation out of which he draws them can never be frozen over.

In the presence of the wonders of the Scriptures what babes are we! At the best we are like a little child, who has crept up to the threshold of a treasure house, and, who looking in, comprehends not a thousandth part of the wealth upon which he gazes; and may be our childlike apprehension accounts for some of that lack of reverence which is common to children. We should better understand, if we more earnestly sought to be instructed. "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law."