What They Said

"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."

“Legalism lacks the supreme sense of worship.  It obeys but it does not adore.”

“Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.”

“The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.”

“Be sure of your call to every business you go about. Though it is the least business, be sure of your call to it; then, whatever you meet with, you may quiet your heart with this: I know I am where God would have me. Nothing in the world will quiet the heart so much as this: when I meet with any cross, I know I am where God would have me, in my place and calling; I am about the work that God has set me.”

"Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not."

“Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.”

"We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works."

“The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.”

“A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.”

“The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.”

"A man's character is like a wall; it cannot be strengthened by whitewash."



"If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me."

"In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor."

"If our faith stops at the cross, it misses the blessing of the fullest revealing of Christ"

"Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it takes all down and erects a new structure. It is not the sewing on a patch of holiness; but, with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles and practice."

"Without the heart it is no worship. It is a stage play. It is an acting of a part without being that person, really. It is playing the hypocrite."

"Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow."

“An unfeigned desire is supreme. We desire Christ, not only more than the world, but more than heaven. "whom have I in heaven but thee?" Psa 73: 25. Heaven itself would not satisfy without Christ. He is the diamond in the ring of glory. If God should say to the soul, I will put thee into heaven, but I will hide my face from thee, I will draw a curtain between that thou shalt not behold my glory, the soul would not be satisfied, but say, as Absalom, "Now therefore let me see the king's face." 2 Samuel 14: 32.”

"It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor."


“But what is the love that is the whole of the will of God?  Do we really understand it?  Do not many of us think only of its earthly side? We like to be loved, that is, to have other people love us and live for us and do things for us.  We like the gratifications of love.  But that is only miserable selfishness, if it goes no further.  It is a desecration of the sacred name to think that love, at its heart, means getting, receiving.  Nay, love gives. Getting is earthly; "as it is in heaven" is giving.  That is what God's love does — it finds its blessedness in giving. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son."  That is what Christ's love did—it poured out its very life-blood to the last drop.  The essential meaning of loving must always be giving, not receiving.”

“The love of Christ! What a motive to one who has felt its constraining influence! Can we say that we have not only experienced the love of Christ to us; but have felt in return the outgoings of love to our blessed Savior? “