What They Said

"Christians in all ages have prized their services above their safety. “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion” (Pro 28:1). The fearful hare trembles at every noise, but the courageous lion is unmoved by the greatest clamors. Were believers to shrink back at every contrary wind which blows, they would never make their voyage to heaven."

"The high prize of heavenly bliss is at the end of the gospel race: “So run, that ye may obtain” (1Co 9:24). To neglect the race of holiness is to reject the prize of happiness. He who made you without your assistance, will not crown you until He has saved you from your disobedience."

"As Jesus Christ is the fountain of all excellency to which all must come, son He is the pattern of excellency to which all must conform. As He is the root on which a saint grows, so He is the rule by which a saint walks."

"Though there are many professors who are not true believers, yet there are no true believers who are not professors. As trees are known by their fruits, so believers are known by their works. Such as have received Christ’s bounty are unwilling to fight under Satan’s banner."

"Those who have tasted the goodness of God can never speak good enough of God. Reason teaches that those should bless most who are most blessed."

“As Jesus Christ is the fountain of all excellency to which all must come, so He is the pattern of excellency to which all must conform. As He is the root on which a saint grows, so He is the rule by which a saint walks.”

“Those who have tasted the goodness of God can never speak good enough of God. Reason teaches that those should bless most who are most blessed.”

“There are some who pretend to believe but work not; there are others who work but believe not. But a saint does both: he so obeys the Law, as if there were no gospel to be believed; and so believes the gospel, as though there were no Law to be obeyed. True religion consists not singly in believing or doing, but in both.”

"Vain thoughts defile the heart as well as vile thoughts."

"Self-examination is the beaten path to perfection."

"Though the patience of God be lasting, yet it is not everlasting."

"He is not a covetous man, who lays up something providentially; but he is a covetous man, who gives out nothing willingly."

"Indifference in religion, is the first step to apostasy from religion"

“As trees without fruits are unprofitable; so knowledge without good works is abominable.  Leah and Rachel are fit emblems of knowledge and obedience; knowledge, like Rachel, is beautiful;  but obedience, like Leah, is fruitful.”

“We do not sail to glory in the salt sea of our own tears, but in the red sea of a Redeemer's blood. Crux Christi est clavis paradisi. “The cross of Christ is the key of paradise.” We owe the life of our souls to the death of our Saviour. It was His going into the furnace which keeps us from the flames.”

“Though the lowest believer be above the power of sin, yet the highest believer is not above the presence of sin.”

"Many blush to confess their faults, who never blush yo commit them."

"Great men's vices are more imitated than poor men's graces."