A man’s soul without Christ in it is like a lantern without a light in it; and the moment a man has an abiding sense of Christ in him the hope of glory, he is permeated, and the light springs through him.
Men often boast of progress, when they are only moving in a circle; and are sure they are in the right path, because in every circuit the footsteps multiply, when they are only following their own tracks.
A man, in order to enter the kingdom of God, ought not to pattern himself after a needle. A needle may go through fabric easier for being slim; but God wants men to be broad, and capacious.