Monthly Archives: July 2010

“Thou hast commanded us to keep thy statutes diligently.”  We acknowledge, Lord, our obligation; but we feel our impotency.  Lord, help us:  we look unto thee.  “Oh that our ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”  “Give what thou commandest; … Continue reading →

“It is evident, therefore, that holiness is the sum of all excellence and the combination of all the attributes which constitute perfection of character.”  James Petigru Boyce  (1827-1888)

“As to its duration, it is to eternity; “having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them unto the end,” John 13:1 – his love is invariable, unalterable, and unchangeable: it is like himself, “the same yesterday, to-day, and … Continue reading →

“How easily can God defeat the purposes of man.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“The highest happiness of angels, and of the “spirits of just men made perfect” in glory, is to do the will of God.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“One way to get comfort is to plead the promise of God in prayer, show him his handwriting; God is tender of his word.”  Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“Excellences of the divine character which excite love cannot be known without a divine revelation.  Surely, then, the necessity of such a revelation cannot be denied.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“The better view we have of God, the better will we know ourselves.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“The cure for unbelief is not argument, but the action of the Holy Spirit.”  George Burrowes  (First published 1853)

“Yet such is the infatuation of sin, that man in his boasted wisdom will not do, what the bird will do by her native instinct.  She shuns the net spread in her sight; man rushes into it.”  Charles Bridges  (First … Continue reading →