"I bow to the sovereignty of God my heavenly Father; I have no will but His. We know that God is love, and if, with love of which there is no measure, there be conjoined wisdom which makes no mistakes, what becomes us, His children, but to be full of thankfulness?"

“Humility is the secret of fellowship, and pride the secret of division”

“It is one thing to read the Bible, choosing something that suits me, and another thing to search it that I may become acquainted with God in Christ.”

“When mutual intercession takes the place of mutual accusation, then will the differences and the difficulties of the brethren be overcome.”

“To forgive without upbraiding, even by manner or look, is a high exercise of grace – it is imitation of Christ.”

To a young missionary heading for the field Chapman said, “Keep low, look up, and press forward.”

“If we act only because our path is clear of difficulty, this is not faith. Faith acts upon God’s Word whatever the difficulty; and to walk by faith bring highest glory to God.”

“The Spirit of God never heals [except] He wounds; and if those seeking Christ have not peace, it is because there is still in them some remnant of fancied goodness....There is a counterfeit Confession of Sin; let us beware of this counterfeit. We may be sure the sorrow is not deep if the sin be not subdued....God kills to make alive. He smites men’s consciences to make them judge themselves. The first great step when a man desires to be saved is unqualified self-condemnation. Sin un-confessed is imputed; but sin confessed is blotted out by God. The sinner, coming in the name of Jesus, has a title to life; the ground of that title is the very name and justice of God.”