Monthly Archives: May 2012

“It is not by one great sacrifice on our part that the hearts of others are made stout for the journey and strong for the task, but by the constant performance of the petty kindnesses, none of which might be … Continue reading →

“HE HIDETH HIMSELF . . . I cannot see him.”  “To those that hunger for intimacy and continual fellowship with God, this hiding of His face is terrible.  When the Lord is silent, there is a great annoyance of the … Continue reading →

“When the soul is thus conscious of ‘following the Lord fully,’  there is a peculiar dread of wandering.”  (Charles Bridges; 1794-1869)

“It should be well established to all believers that at such a time as God blesses and promotes one of His servants, Satan will react with a hostile vengeance and seek to destroy the progress.”  (Anonymous)

“He looks on himself as a most deformed, a most polluted object.  He now rejects with holy indignation all the vain excuses for sin which he used formerly to make, and with which he satisfied his conscience.”  (John Colquhoun; 1748-1827)

“For no man can trust in mercy so full, so unmerited, so suitable, so effectual, without feeling, that thus purchased from perdition, he must live a willing sacrifice to the God of grace.”  (Henry Law; 1797-1884)

“The devils believe and acknowledge four articles of our faith.  Matt. 6:29.  (1)  They acknowledge God; (2) Christ; (3) The day of judgment; and (4) That they shall be tormented then,  so that he that doth not believe there is a God, is … Continue reading →

“The same power that raised up Jesus from the dead, must make us able to believe; or else all the angels in heaven, and all the ministers on earth, and all the help that men and means can give us, … Continue reading →

“If God knows that any event will occur, and can prevent it, and does not, it is evident that he purposes that it shall exist, and makes it a part of his plan.”  (James Pettigru Boyce;  1827-1888)

“Are there not thousands and tens of thousands among us who are flattering themselves that they are Christians, merely because they were born in a Christian land and baptized in the name of Jesus.”  (John Brown  1784-1858)