Thomas De Witt Talmage 
My brother, I am afraid you may lose heaven the way Louis Phillipe lost his empire. The Parisian mob came around the Tuilleries. The national guard stood in defense of the palace, and the commander said to Louis Phillipe, “Shall I fire now? shall I order the troops to fire? With one volley we can … Read more
If it is your duty, go to preaching the gospel. How shall you learn to preach? Just as the carpenter learns how to be a carpenter. Does he sit down and study books about tools, about hammers and axes? Oh, no! He goes to boring with the bit, and smoothing with the plane, and smiting … Read more
It is an outrage to ask God to do a thing while we sit indolent. The prayer to be acceptable, must come not only from the heart, but from the hands. Luther came to Melancthon’s bedside and prayed for his recovery, and insisted, at the same time, that he should take some warm soup, the … Read more
A man of deep religious experiences is always effective. I care not how poor his voice is, or how uncomely his countenance, or how awkward his gestures, or how shabby his clothes, or how lame his grammar. By taking care of our own vineyard, we learn how to help others in the care of their … Read more
Thank God there is mercy for the poor! The great Dr. Mason preached over a hundred times the same sermon, and the text was, “To the poor the gospel is preached.” Lazarus went up, while Dives went down; and there are candidates for imperial splendor in the back alleys and by the peat fire of … Read more
What we all need is patience. Before we start off for the store we ought to pray for patience. We will be harassed and perplexed. Men will wrong us, and impose upon us, and cheat us; and before the day is passed, if you have not laid in a large supply of patience, you will … Read more
It is dismal to get old, without the rejuvenating influence of religion. When we step on the down grade of life, and see that it dips in the verge of the cold river, we want to behold some one near who will help us across. When the sight loses its power, we need that faith … Read more
An aged mother is almost omnipotent in comfort. Why? At seventy years of age she has been through it all. At seven o’clock in the morning she goes over to comfort a young mother who has just lost her babe. Grandmother knows all about that trouble. Fifty years ago she felt it. At twelve o’clock … Read more
Why, the earth is like an old castle with twenty gates and a park of artillery ready to thunder down every gate. Lay aside all Christendom, and see how all heathendom is being surrounded and honey-combed and attacked by this all-conquering gospel. At the beginning of this century there were only 150 missionaries; now there … Read more
If the hard brow ever relaxes, it is at a wedding. The nature cold and unsympathetic thaws out under the glow, and the tears start as we hear the bride’s dress rustling down the stairs and the company stands back, and we hear in the timid “I will” of the twain, the sound of a … Read more