As long as we work on God's line, He will aid us. When we attempt to work on our own lines, He rebukes us with failure. - Theodore L. Cuyler

Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is still burning with hatred or festering with grudges against a fellow-creature? Confession, to be of any avail, must let go of its hold on the sin confessed.

It is a bad sign when a new-born babe has not lungs enough to make itself heard over the whole house. It is equally a bad symptom when the new convert is born dumb, and cannot find his voice to praise God audibly.