It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

My God! my time is in Thine hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant me grace to wear them as a crown of unsullied honor.

O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.

My God, give me neither poverty nor riches but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.

Well, then, Lord Jesus! I will creep if I cannot walk I will take hold of Thy word. When I stumble, Thou wilt support me when I fall, Thou wilt hold out Thy cross, and help me with it to rise again, until at length I reach the place where Thou art, and with all my weaknesses and wants, cast myself into Thy bosom.

God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.