There are three stages of the human soul in connection with Christ. The first is 'without Christ.' This is the state of nature. The next is 'in Christ.' This is the state of grace. The third is 'with Christ.' That is the state of glory.

There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

There is no happiness comparable to a complete submergence of self into the glory of God.

The world is full of grinding poverty and crushing sorrow; shame and death are the portion of thousands, and it needs a great gospel to meet the dire necessiti…