Monthly Archives: April 2013

“There is no better assurance of final victory than that drawn from the grace which enables us to trust in the divine mercy in the darkest hours.”  (William S. Plumer  1802-1880)

“The grandeur of faith consists in this that it gives all the glory to God and rests in God’s power and faithfulness.  (John Murray; 1898-1975)

“Having settled our dependence upon God, we may, without being mistaken by God, speak all our desires to him; and, having done so, should leave our supplication and case at his feet with confidence:  O Lord, make no tarrying.”  (David … Continue reading →

“As every grace increases by exercise of itself, so doth the grace of prayer.  By prayer, we learn to pray.”  (Barton Bouchier; 1794-1865)

“When sin would tempt and solicit indulgence, when the world presents some new allurement, when Satan would take advantage of constitution , society, circumstances, oh, that I may ever remember ‘Thou art near.”  (James Harrington  1785-1849)

“Let us ever seek to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, from the right motive, and then what we do will certainly be right.”  William Graham Scroggie  (1877-1958)

“A child of God in his best moments does not wish the word of God brought down to a level with his own imperfect character, but desires rather that his character may be gradually raised to a conformity that blesses … Continue reading →

“An infinite atonement has been made and accepted—a plain and will-accredited revelation has been given, and a channel wide and deep opened for the communication of divine influence all powerful to purify and to save.”  (John Brown  1784-1858)

“One does not measure the straightness of a stick by a crooked stick.”  (Joseph Caryl; 1602-1673)

“Instead of covering his transgression as Adam, the true penitent knows not where to find expressions strong enough to set forth the extreme malignity of the very least of his crimes.”  (John Colquhoun; 1748-1827)