What They Said

"Christ is the object of our life. As speeds the ship towards the port, so hastens the believer towards the haven of his Savior's bosom. As flies the arrow flies to its goal, so the Christian flies towards the perfecting of his fellowship with Christ Jesus."

"A knock at a door, or a turning a corner, may be events which lead to important consequences. There is no such thing as accidents."

“(Pride) often creeps insensibly into the midst of religion, even, sometimes, under the disguise of humility itself.”

"We can put it briefly by saying that Christ took our place with respect to the law of God. He paid for us the law’s penalty, and He obeyed for us the law’s commands. He saved us from hell, and He earned for us our entrance into heaven. All that we have, then, we owe unto Him. There is no blessing that we have in this world or the next for which we should not give Christ thanks."

“Oh, what strength there is in Jesus for the weak, and faint and drooping of His flock.”

"He (Christ) is now the substance of our spiritual life. It is by His life that we live; He is in us, the hope glory, the spring of our actions, the central thought which moves every other thought."

"He not only spared, but preserved us, when we were sinning against him. Whither should we have wandered if he had not stopped us, and led us into his own fold?"

“What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this. It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.”

"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."