At the outset of the evil, the heart becomes vacant, the precious stores of the Lord vanish one by one, and there is room for something else. Heavenly-mindedness is gone, and then the heart is ready to mind earthly things. Then comes the suggestion and allowance from the traitor within, and straightway the lumber of Tobiah is introduced by degrees, and the soul becomes a wholesale warehouse for the household stuff of sin.

There is indeed something very mysterious in it, that so much good, and so much bad, should be mixed together in the church of God...

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us.

I find to this day seven abominations in my heart:

Let us not think that in this war we can remain neutral and sit still.

I am grieved in my spirit of late at the breaking news about all the terrorist activity reported in the news.

Removed from the purity and simplicity of the Christian Faith.

Can you detect the genuine?