“I do not preach doubtingly, for I do not live doubtingly.”

“A philosopher has remarked that if a man knew that he had thirty years of life before him, it would not be an unwise thing to spend twenty of those in mapping out a plan of living and putting himself under rule; for he would do more with the ten well-arranged years than with the whole thirty if he spent them at random. There is much truth in that saying. A man will do little by firing off his gun if he has notlearned to take aim.”

“I take leave to contradict those who say that salvation is an evolution! All that ever can be evolved out of the sinful heart of man is sin-and nothing else! Salvation is the free gift of God, by Jesus Christ, and the work of it is supernatural. It is done by the Lord Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be!”

“All the devils in hell and tempters on earth could do us no injury if there were no corruption in our own natures.”

“Six feet of dirt make all men equal.”

“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”

“Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.”