Birth: July 12, 1803 Death: February 24, 1873
Scatter money in a crowd, how they scramble for it; offer bread to the starving, how greedily they seize it; throw a rope to the drowning, how he eag….
Every object in nature is impressed with God's footsteps, and every day repeats the wonders of creation. There is not an object, be it pebble or pear….
Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich, ripe fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple….
As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster..
Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to p….
The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale thought sits on manly ….
The hope of immortality makes heroes of cowards..
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world..
If you find yourself loving any pleasure more than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any house better than the house of the Lord, any tab….
The cry of distress lays hold of our Lord's omnipotence. It is as easy for God to supply thy greatest as thy smallest wants, even as it was within Hi….
The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people..
Prayer flies where the eagle never flew..
As in nature, as in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones their lustre; the more the diamond is cut the bri….
If the world is ever conquered for our Lord, it is not by ministers, nor by office-bearers, nor by the great, and noble and mighty, but by every memb….
The Bible, which ranges over a period of four thousand years, records but one instance of a death-bed conversion (the thief on the cross) - one that ….
Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His holy majesty; thou ha….
A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud..
Time that weakens all things else has but strengthened the impregnable position of the believer's faith and hope and confidence. And as, year by year….
The work that is done in love loses half its tedium and difficulty..
More tears are shed in playhouses than in churches..
Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?.