Monthly Archives: October 2013

“No, my brethren; our Lord has told us that ‘a man’s life consists not in the abundance of the things that he possesses.’”  (Thomas McCrie; 1772-1835)

“The more a man ‘against hope believes in hope,’ and the less he lives by sense, the more he glorifies God.”  (William Bridge;  1608-1671)

“His acts are righteous because they are His, not because of the object He acts upon.  There is no need to say that God is just because He punishes the guilty.  God is just even if He afflicts the innocent.”  … Continue reading →

“There shall never be a time when the kingdom of God has to bow to the authority of another.  (H. C. Leupold; 1891-1972)

“The end of this life will be the beginning of glory.”  (Adam Clarke;  1760-1832 paraphrased)

“Thou wert, thou art still in thyself, a sinner!  And if thou art taught by grace, the last accents on thy faltering tongue will be the publican’s prayer.  ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’”  (Christopher Ness;  1621-1705)

“The Son of David and Son of God are thus finally described by three well-known titles: “Jesus”  which identifies Him as the crucified Saviour,  “Christ”  the promised Messiah, our Lord” the exalted King, to whom all power is given in … Continue reading →

“Ah! were a correct moral portrait of ourselves this day to be held before us, and did we not know whom it was intended to represent, how much in it should we all see to despise and denounce.”  (David Thomas;  … Continue reading →

“At the happiest of times, and in the best of frames below, our love to God is but a spark (though small and quivering, yet inestimably precious, because Divinely kindled, fanned and maintained in the soul, and an earnest of … Continue reading →

“We can never make the proper use of what befalls us, or of what we see around us, unless we remember that all things are under the direction of Divine Providence.”  (George Lawson;  1749-1820)