I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
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I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)
This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.
If you once love Him, you will study to please Him.
Self-righteousness can feed upon doctrines—as well as upon works!
The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.
The appearance of an angel from heaven could add nothing to the certainty of the declarations he has already put into our hands.
But that we are so totally depraved, is a truth which no one ever truly learned by being only told it.
But though my disease is grievous, it is not desperate; I have a gracious and infallible Physician. I shall not die — but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.
Let us chide our cold unfeeling hearts and pray for a coal of fire from the heavenly altar to send us home in a flame of love to him who has thus loved us.
Who is there who speaks and it happens—unless the Lord has ordained it?" Lamentations 3:37
The chief and grand means of edification, without which all other helps will disappoint us, and prove like clouds without water—are the Bible and prayer—the Word of grace and the Throne of grace.
Thus those who are employed in poisoning souls, generally make use of some important and beneficial truth, as a vehicle by which they convey their malignant drug into the minds of the unwary!
