A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence

Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.

Adam was the author of sin, and I wish he had taken out an international copyright on it.

Few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon

He would go to Halifax for half a chance to show off and he would go to hell for a whole one