He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"It is God that justifieth" — that justifieth the ungodly; He is not ashamed of doing it, nor are we of preaching it.

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.

The more unworthy you feel yourself to be, the more evidence have you that nothing but unspeakable love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours. The more demerit you feel, the clearer is the display of the abounding love of God in having chosen you, and called you, and made you an heir of bliss.