Monthly Archives: April 2012

“Watch.”  “We do injustice to that good and happy word, ‘watch,’ when we take it as watching against; against a danger; against a coming evil.  It will bear that interpretation; but it is a far higher, and better, and more … Continue reading →

“One of their greatest perils is, a temptation to use unlawful means for terminating their trials.”  William S. Plumer (1802-1880)

“Let us therefore firmly retain our religion, as instituted by the will of God, and constantly reject what is beyond it, as coming from man, and not from the Lord; from earth, and not from heaven.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

“All soul declension arises from the admission of things into the mind contrary to the nature of indwelling grace.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“God is a free agent to work by what hand he pleases; and sometimes he takes pleasure to do great things by weak means, that ‘no flesh may glory in his presence.”  Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

“To attain a facility and dexterity of language in prayer, and put thy meaning into apt and decent expressions, is easy; but to get thy heart broken for sin, while thou art confessing it; melted with free grace while thou … Continue reading →

“If the crucifixion of Christ, or His offering up Himself as a sacrifice for sin, was in the eternal plan, then plainly the fall of Adam and all other sins which made that sacrifice necessary were in the plan, no … Continue reading →

“What greater preferment are men capable of in this world than to be God’s favourites?”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“When we see our insufficiency and God’s all-sufficiency, then the Lord undertaketh for us, to direct us and guide us:  Prov. 3:5-6 ‘Acknowledge the Lord in all thy ways, and he shall direct they paths.’”   Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“Study the records of the World.  It is the history of the long war between the children of light and the power of darkness.’  You will see, that he has tried every weapon of the armoury of hell.  He has … Continue reading →