Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.
My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.
How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present!
God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.
A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us.
