If you were good enough, there would be no need of confessing Christ at all. It is just because you are not good enough, that Christ says to you, "Fo…

- Washington Gladden

Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be…

- Washington Gladden

Christian discipleship does not involve the abandonment of any innocent enjoyment. Any diversion or amusement which we can use so as to receive pleas…

- Washington Gladden

You are not so good a Christian when you are neglecting a plain duty as when you are performing it. And joining the church is a plain duty for all wh…

- Washington Gladden

No, there are no long stages of preparation through which you must pass; all things are now ready; there is nothing to hinder you from becoming a Chr…

- Washington Gladden

But what an mortal man do to secure his own salvation?" Mortal man can do just what God bids him do. Be can repent and believe. He can arise and foll…

- Washington Gladden

The substance of all realities is in this religion of Jesus Christ; but it can be real only to those who will do His will.

- Washington Gladden

Will you tell Him frankly, that you cannot carry your load, and that you need help? Will you suffer Him to help you in His own way, and be glad and t…

- Washington Gladden

It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to us in conversation.

- Washington Gladden