What They Said

"The love of Christ is the ruling passion of every true Christian, and for HIs sake he is ready to give up all, and to suffer all the earth and hell can inflict."

"Covetousness robs a man of all true peace, comfort, contentment and quiet."

“We are justified by faith, and not for faith; not because of what faith is, but because of what it receives. “It hath no efficacy of itself, but as it is the band of our union with Christ.“

“Grace is the essence of the gospel. Grace is the one hope for this fallen world!“

“It needs to be said that faith is not a mere optimistic feeling, any more than repentance is a mere regretful or remorseful feeling. Faith and repentance are both acts, and acts of the whole man...faith is essentially the casting and resting of oneself and one’s confidence on the promises of mercy which Christ has given to sinners, and on the Christ Who gave those promises. “

"To take up our cross, is to bear sufferings, to encounter difficulties, and break through them all in imitation of Jesus Christ, and for His sake."

"Covetousness is commonly a master-sin and has the command of other lusts."

“That the way in general, whereby the Son of God being incarnate was to save lost sinners, was by a substitution of Himself, according to the design and appointment of God, in the room of those whom He was to save: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteous-ness of God in him” (2Co 5:21). “

“The mercy of God is as sufficient for the pardon of the greatest sins as for the least, because His mercy is infinite.“

“……look upon God when you come to worship him in his incomprehensible being; that is, as a God that fills all places, his being is as real in the room that we are praying in, the place that we are meeting in as it is in heaven.”

"To follow Him, is to trace His steps and imitate His example, whatever it costs us."

“MEN have always been wishing for uniformity; and, in religious concerns, how many have been sacrificed to that Moloch! While men have always been seeking after uniformity, God has always been producing variety.”

“He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God's hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself.”

"It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but the well reading of a few, could he be sure to have the best."

“Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts.”

"For I must tell you that self is the most treacherous enemy, and the most insinuating deceiver in the world. .....;and of all other vices is both the hardest to find out, and the hardest to cast out; the hardest to discover, and the hardest to cure."

"But the gospel, rightly understood and cordially embraced, will inspire the slothful with energy, and the fearful with courage. It will make the miser generous, melt the churl into kindness, tame the raging tiger in the breast, and in a word, expand the narrow selfish heart, and fill it with a spirit of love to God, cheerful unreserved obedience to his will and benevolence to mankind. “

"No system but the gospel can communicate motives, encouragements, and prospects, sufficient to withstand and counteract all the snares and temptations with which the spirit of this world, by its frowns or its smiles, will endeavour, either to intimidate or to bribe us from the path of duty.“

"....No force, but that of the gospel, is sufficient to remove the mountainous load of guilt from an awakened conscience, to calm the violence of tumultuous passions, to raise an earthly soul from grovelling in the mire of sensuality or avarice, to a spiritual and divine life, a life of communion with God. “

"The gospel removes difficulties insuperable to human power. It causes the blind to see, the deaf to hear (Isa. xxxv. 8; Matth. xi. 5); it softens the heart of stone, and raises the dead in trespasses and sin to a life of righteousness,.....  “

"The gospel of Christ, the glorious gospel of the blessed God (1 Tim. i. 11), is the only effectual mean for reforming mankind. “

“There can hardly be goodness in a man if he be not angry at sin; he who loves truth must hate every false way.”

"Love Christ, and thou wilt hate that which caused His death.  Love Him, and thou wilt love to be made like Him, and hate that which is so contrary to Christ."

“The distinguishing mark of a Christian is his confidence in the love of Christ, and the yielding of his affections to Christ in return.”

"PEOPLE are often very anxious about things which they never realize;………..Thirdly, We should equally guard against despondency; for, though we know not what our future days may be, we know that nothing they contain in them will happen by chance. One thing we know:—that “all the ways of the Lord” towards us will be “mercy and truth.” One thing we know:—that “all things work together for good to them that love God.” And, therefore, this should ease us of a burden too heavy for us to bear; and we should “be careful for nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let our requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

“The children of God are ruled in their inmost powers by love — the love of Christ constraineth them; they rejoice that divine love is set upon them, they feel it shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto them, and then by force of gratitude they love the Saviour with a pure heart, fervently.”

“The Holy Spirit is the only effectual reformer of the world. If he is absent, legislators may make laws against crime, philosophers may reason against vice, ministers may preach against sin, conscience may remonstrate against evil, the divine law may prescribe and threaten hell, the Gospel may invite and allure to heaven, but all will be in vain.The strongest arguments, the most melting entreaties, the most alarming denunciations from God and man, enforced with the highest authority, or the most compassionate tears, all will have no effect, all will not effectually claim one sinner or gain one sincere convert to righteousness.”