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“Preach not only the truth, but all truth, ‘as it is in Jesus.’ However ingenious our sermons may be, unless they bear on Christ, and lead the mind to Christ, we do not preach the faith of the gospel.”

“Take refuge in the Saviour you recommend to others.”

“God has favored you with gifts; but so he did Judas. Gifts are the gold of the temple; but communion with Christ is that which sanctifieth the gold. Without this, gifts will be injurious both to you and to your people.”

“You are aware that there are two main objects to be attained in the work of the Christian ministry—enlightening the minds and affecting the hearts of people. These are the usual means by which the work of God is accomplished.”

“If we improve in gifts and not in grace, to say the least, it will be useless, and perhaps dangerous, both to ourselves and others.”

“Hundreds of ministers have been ruined by indulging a thirst for the character of the great man, while they have neglected the far superior character of the good man.”