The Gospel is open to all;
the most respectable sinner
has no more claim on it
than the worst.

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
Welsh preacher and writer

O Christ, in Thee my soul hath found,
And found in Thee alone,
The peace, the joy I sought so long,
The bliss till now unknown.

I sighed for rest and happiness,
I yearned for them, not Thee;
But while I passed my Saviour by,
His love laid hold on me.

Now none but Christ can satisfy,
None other name for me;
There's love, and life, and lasting joy,
Lord Jesus, found in Thee.
—Author unknown.

Copied from the back of the title page of the 1893 ed. of James Gilmour of Mongolia, edited by Richard Lovett.

Many years ago, Matthew Henry, a well-known Bible scholar, was once robbed of his wallet. Knowing that it was his duty to give thanks in everything, he meditated on this incident and recorded in his diary the following:

Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.

Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
English Non-conformist Bible commentator

Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God,
shouldst die for me?

Charles Wesley (1709-1788)
English hymn writer and preacher

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)
English Baptist preacher

God sends no one away empty
except those who are full of themselves.

Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
American evangelist