What They Said

"God, you know, is the fountain, ocean, and centre of all delights and joys; " In thy presence is fulness of joy," Psalm 16:11."

"Seasons vary, circumstances change, feelings fluctuate, friendships cool, friends die, but Christ is ever the same."

"Life is to be measured by action, not by time; a man may die old at thirty, and young at eighty; nay, the one lives after death, and the other perished before he died."

“What! At peace with the Father, and at war with His children?  It cannot be.”

“God has appointed HIs Word to be the great ordinance to convey the special mercies that He intends for the good of His people.”

“For as a kingdom, divided into many shires, and more towns and villages, is called one, because it has one and the same king, one and the same law; so the church is one, because it liveth by one and the same Spirit, and is ruled by one and the same Lord, and professeth one and the same faith; hath one and the same hope, and hath been baptized with one and the same baptism.”

“If you would sanctify the name of God in hearing His Word, turn it into practice, or otherwise the name of God is blasphemed, or at least is taken in vain by you if you do not turn what you hear into practice.”

“It is not uniformity but unity that is part of the essential nature of the fellowship (church).”

"Overdoing is the ordinary way of undoing."

"Christ's performances outstrip His promises."

“A hypocrite knows more than he is willing to do, but a true saint desires to do what he knows, and to know more that he may do more, and better.”

“Again, when you come to hear the Word, come with the resolution to yield to whatever God shall reveal to be His mind..”

“This fruit does not come by “trying to be good,” it is the natural outcome of the Spirit dwelling in you.  It is His love, His joy, His peace … expressing itself through your life.”

"Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that unlocks the door; but the Spirit is He that makes this key."

"Yea, but we have waited a long time.  Well, but yet know that you are at the right door."

“When Christ reveals Himself there is satisfaction in the slenderest portion, and without Christ there is emptiness in the greatest fullness.”

“There must be a preparation of the soul so that when you come to hear you may receive the Word with all readiness.  The Soul must be made ready.  Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind.””

“Every Christian should live a God-guided life.  If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by someone, or something else.  The Christian who hasn’t the sense of guidance in life is missing something vital.”

"He may not be accounted an honest man of life that is an evil man in tongue."

"That which most occupies the mind and most constantly engages our thoughts, is what we most "delight" in. "

“The Word generates faith and regenerates us.”

“In hearing God’s Word we profess our dependence upon God for the knowing of His mind and he way to eternal life.”