Monthly Archives: October 2012

“What could we want more in a time of difficulty than comfort and direction?”  (Charles Bridges, 1794-1869)

“Satan’s grand argument to keep a soul from prayer is — ‘Go not with that cold and insensible frame; go not with that hard and sinful heart; stay until you are more fit to approach God.’”  (Octavius Winslow, 1808-1878)

“A kindly word spoken in season, how good it is!”  (William Graham Scroggie, 1877-1958)

“God can make the greatest enemies of his people the means of advancing their interests.  Who then ought the Christian to fear, but God?  (Alexander Carson, 1776-1844)

“We must believe the promises, each one for himself, and declare that we know it to be true, or it will bring us no blessing.  No good works, or ceremonial performances, or rapturous feelings can supply the place of simple … Continue reading →

“The Lord alone has authority to impute righteousness, as it is entirely an act of grace to the penitent transgressor.”  (James G. Murphy, 1808-1896)

“The Christian element seldom awakens real respect in worldly souls, even when associated with worldly grandeur; — it is often despised, and sometimes ridiculed, when associated with poverty.”  (David Thomas, 1813-1894)

“Certainly God’s bounty is too large for our thoughts.”  (Thomas Manton, 1620-1677)

“Be in the habit of going to him in the first place—before self-will, self-pleasing, self-wisdom, human friends, convenience, expediency.  Before any of these have been consulted, go to God at once.  Consider no circumstances too clear to need his direction.”(Charles … Continue reading →

“It is blood that opens our way into the presence of God.  It is the voice of atoning blood that prevails with Him who dwells within.”  (A. A. Bonar, 1810-1892)