Monthly Archives: November 2013

“The righteous get good out of all the evil that befalls them, but the wicked so pervert everything as to get evil out of all the good sent them.”  (William S. Plumer; 1867)

“Errors cannot be adorned, no matter how skillfully one may try.”  (Joseph Caryl;  1602-1673)

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,”  That is, that are emptied of themselves, and look upon themselves as having nothing, deserving nothing, able to do nothing spiritually.”  (Thomas Goodwin; 1600-1679)

“If the Lord had allowed you to have done what you had sometimes thought to do in a discontented fit, what wretched misery you would have brought upon yourselvelf.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs;  1599-1646)

“But now, God speaks  and I am dumb; He opens His mouth, and I hold my peace.  I bid my busy, speculative soul be quiet.  I am still, and know that it is God.  I now at once and recognize … Continue reading →

“We want more depth of knowledge, more spirituality, more experience, more of the life and power of true godliness; in a word, more of the anointing and sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost in the church.”  (Octavius Winslow;  1808-1878)

“Let us regard the promise as a thing so sure and certain that we act upon it, and make it to be a chief figure in all our calculations.”  (Charles H. Spurgeon;  1834-1892)

“The deepest springs yield the sweetest water; the more deeply sensible we are of God’s covenant love to us, the sweeter praises we should yield.”  (Thomas Watson;  1620-1686)

“As a man resolveth to believe and follow the course of sound faith, so he may assure himself of establishment and victory over all temptations, notwithstanding his own weakness.”  (David Dickson;  1583-1662)

“The Christian hope is always assurance; the hope of which we are not to be ashamed is not a fond desire, but a glad certainty.”  (William Graham Scroggie;  1877-1958)