What They Said

"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. “

“The one true goal or resting-place where doubt and weariness, the stings of a pricking conscience, and the longings of an unsatisfied soul would all be quieted, is Christ Himself.”

“Whatever else we are in religion let us be true. However feeble our faith, and hope, and love, and obedience may be, let us see to it that they are real, genuine, and sincere. Let us abhor the very idea of play-acting and mask-wearing in our Christianity.”

"From the moment that the idea began to gain currency that the Bible was the history of the quest of mankind for God, rather than God’s revelation of Himself and the only way of salvation to mankind, the Church began to decline and to wane in her influence and in her power. "

"The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life."

"Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour."