Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved..

It takes practice to use one's eyes, even when God has opened them. And there are some believers who never get beyond confounding a doctrinal stateme….

An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ..

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or no….

It is not an easy thing for a parent of today to bear always in mind that every child of his is as truly an individual as he was when he was a child..

It has been said that the essence of teaching is causing another to know. It may similarly be said that the essence of training is causing another to….

All that any of us has to do in this world is his simple duty.

There are ever two ways of striving to fill one's place in the world: one is by seeking to prove one's self useful; the other, by striving to render ….

Value friendship for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it..

The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to freedom, from the….

In the time of Jesus the mount of transfiguration was on the way to the cross. In our day the cross is on the way to the mount of transfiguration. If….

A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible..

There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys of paradise, which pe….

In all holiest and most unselfish love, friendship is the purest element of the affection. No love in any relation of life can be at its best if the ….

No parent ought to punish a child except with a view to the child's good. And in order to do good to a child through his punishment, a parent must re….

Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces..

Just as sure as the days go by, Jesus will come to us, looking for fruit; and He will come in personal hunger, needing and longing for the fruit whic….

A love of reading is an acquired taste, not an instinctive preference. The habit of reading is formed in childhood; and a child's taste in reading is….

There is no human love like a mother's love. There is no human tenderness like a mother's tenderness......In all ages everywhere, the true children o….

Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion and worry about what we ought to do….

He who knows how to teach a child is not competent for the oversight of a child's education unless he also knows how to train a child..