The Sentences In The Book

Some People Do Not Like To Hear Much Of Repentance; But I Think It Is So Necessary That If I Should Die In The Pulpit, I Would Desire To Die Preaching Repentance, And If Out Of The Pulpit I Would Desire To Die Practicing It.

A Good Man Is Willing To Know The Worst Of Himself, And Particularly Under Affliction, Desires To Be Told Wherefore God Contends With Him And What God Designs In Correcting Him.

Knowledge Is Vain And Fruitless Which Is Not Reduced To Practice.

If Therefore Our Houses Be Houses Of The Lord, We Shall For That Reason Love Home, Reckoning Our Daily Devotion The Sweetest Of Our Daily Delights, And Our Family Worship The Most Valuable Of Our Family Comforts. This Will Sanctify To Us All The Conveniences Of Our Houses, And Reconcile Us To The Inconveniences Of It.

You Have Been Used To Take Notice Of The Sayings Of Dying Men — This Is Mine: That A Life Spent In The Service Of God, And Communion With Him, Is The Most Comfortable And Pleasant Life That One Can Live In The Present World.