What They Said

"As far as the curse of Adam extends, so far does the offer of pardon by Jesus extend."

“The end of study is information, and the end of meditation is practice, or a work upon the affections.”

"If you wander from the Scriptures, in pursuit either of present peace or future hope, your search will end in disappointment."

"Remember, you represent the Lord of glory to the world; it is not your honour only, but the honour of Christ which is engaged, and concerned in your actions."

“How easy it is to read the Scriptures and give a kind of nominal assent to the truth and yet never to appropriate what it tells us.”

"The sunshine is always sweeter after we have been in the shade; so will you find Jesus in returning to him. True it is better never to wander; but when you have wandered, the sooner you return the happier you will be."

"Sin is sweet in commission, but bitter in the remembrance.

“…., there is a peace passing understanding of which the politicians cannot deprive us.”

"Surely rest may be found in Christ, in any condition; he is able to give you peace in the midst of all your troubles here. So he tells you in John 16:33."

“God not only never wearies or tires but he can also give power to the faint and weary.”

"Lord, put me into thy service where and when thou pleasest. In thy hand all my qualities will be put to their appropriate end. Let me then have no anxieties."

"There is little of Christ in such souls; for a man that is satisfied with his own righteousness doth not prize Christ."

“Warm affections, without knowledge, can rise no higher than superstition; and that knowledge which does not influence the heart and affections, will only make a hypocrite.”

"The man in Christ is renewed in his practice and conversation; Now the regenerate not being what they were, cannot walk and act as once they did."

"He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays. This none can do who doth not with diligence keep his heart unto the things he hath prayed about. To pray earnestly and live carelessly is to proclaim that a man is not spiritually minded in his prayer."

"The Christian is restrained from doing certain things in order that he may do other things that are infinitely more worth while."

"The glory of God, that should be the chief matter we are to pray for."

"There is no part here that death cannot take from us. But if you have Christ, you have the only imperishable portion."

"Christ is a fruitful root, and makes all the branches that live in him so too."

"It is a vain thing for any to suppose that they place their chiefest happiness in being for ever in the presence of Christ, who care not at all to be with him here as they may."

"Many men make shipwreck of their faith by valuing God only for the things that He can give.”

“A praying Christian is a useful Christian in the world.”

"Everything that God does is infinitely perfect: he never fails in anything he undertakes."

"But no shore is so sweet to the weather-beaten passenger, as Christ is to a broken-hearted sinner: this brings the soul to a sweet repose."

"...., but that James stresses the fact that a faith which does not manifest itself in good works is no true faith and therefore is not a faith that justifies."

"The task of restoring truth to the culture depends largely on our laypeople. To bring back truth, on a practical level, the church must encourage Christians to be not merely consumers of culture but makers of culture. The church needs to cultivate Christian artists, musicians, novelists, filmmakers, journalists, attorneys, teachers, scientists, business executives, and the like, teaching its laypeople the sense in which every secular vocation-including, above all, the callings of husband, wife, and parent–is a sphere of Christian ministry, a way of serving God and neighbor that is grounded in God’s truth.”

“In providence, no less than in creation, he is Maximus in minimis ( the very greatest "even" in trifling things ). Therefore fear not; only believe. Our sea may sometimes be stormy, but we have an infallible Pilot, and shall infalliblv gain our port.“

“If I be a new creature in Christ, then I stand before God, not in myself, but in Christ. He sees no longer me, but only him in whom I am, him who represents me, Christ Jesus, my substitute and surety.”

“Let the believer of low degree take comfort in this mighty truth. Let him remember daily that his Master in heaven takes account of everything that is done on earth, and that the lives of cottagers are noticed by Him as much as the lives of kings. The acts of a poor believer have as much dignity about them as the acts of a prince.”

“Our trials are either salutary medicines, or honourable appointments, to put us in such circumstances as may best qualify us to show forth his praise. “