"A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty."

"It is not great faith but true faith that saves. And the salvation lies not in the faith but in the Christ in whom faith trusts."

"God is very good to those who trust in Him, and often surprises them with unlooked for blessings. Little do we know what may happen to us to-morrow. Chance is banished from the faith of Christians, for they see the hand of God in everything."

"Unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making."

"A daily portion is all that a man really wants. We do not need tomorrow's supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as yet unborn. The thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does not need to be quenched in February, for we do not feel it yet; if we have enough for each day as the days arrive we shall never know want."

"If I were a blind man and were told by you that you possess a faculty called sight, I should be unreasonable if I railed at you as a conceited enthusiast."

"Many talk of what they can do and what they cannot do, and I fear they miss the vital point. Faith is leaving off the can-ing and cannot-ing, and leaving it all to Christ, for he can do all things, though you can do nothing."

"If it pleases Him to bid our patience exercise itself, shall He not do as He wills with His own!"

"To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves."

"Dost thou want another eye beside that of Him who sees every secret thing?"