Monthly Archives: February 2014

“To sin is one great misery, and then to forget our sins is a misery too.  If in repentance we could set the battle in array, point to every individual sin in the true and particular times of acting and … Continue reading →

“Gentleness and sympathy, appreciation for the work of others—these qualities are essential to a persuasive teacher.”  (Joseph B. Mayor  1828-1916)

“There is in us by nature nothing to attract the affectionate interest of a holy Being:  everything to avert it.  Death we have earned as wages; ‘eternal life is the gift of free grace.”  (Robert Johnstone  1871)

“Oh! For that warm and constant love, which is the main-spring of devoted diligence in the service of God.  Oh! For a larger supply of that “wisdom which is from above,” and which is “without partiality and without hypocrisy!”  (Jam. … Continue reading →

“I think there are few complaints more general among Christians than that of difficulty in prayer.”  (Edward Henry Bickersteth  1825-1906)

“It is not you who have thus lifted up yourself to God, but it is God who has thus drawn you up to Himself, even you, not someone else.  Why you, and not another?  This is a mystery.  We know … Continue reading →

“The atonement of Christ is perfect, and needs no addition of penances of human merits.”(Thomas V. Moore  1779-1852)

“The blood of the Lamb, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, must be first known and applied, before any true worship can be presented to God.”  (Henry W. Soltau  1805-1875)