Monthly Archives: May 2016

“Be it ours to be humbly dependent upon God; for whatever station he may choose to keep us in, godliness alone will prove our promotion and true riches.” Gregory Bateman (1862)

“Have respect unto the covenant.” Those persons and preachers who decline to think and speak of gospel mercies and free salvation as secured by covenant, deprive themselves and others of much of the blessed comforts of God’s word.” William S. … Continue reading →

“Let us, therefore, learn from this place to be more anxious about what may happen to the name of God through us, than to our own; whether it be through us in doing, or in us in suffering.” Wolfgang Musculus … Continue reading →

“The subordinate end of redemption is the everlasting salvation of God’s elect, and their eternal life and happiness; and the ultimate end is the glory of God, of His grace and justice, and all the perfections of His Nature.” John … Continue reading →

“Therefore as long as we live in this world, let us labor to profit and go forward more actively, assuring ourselves that there is still always somewhat amiss in us.” John Calvin (1509-1564)

“The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk in God’s ways, however trying to … Continue reading →

“His choice is not determined by the merit of man’s works, but by His own free and undeserved mercy, for it is proved by His words to Moses and to Pharaoh that “on whom he will, he hath mercy, and … Continue reading →

“The Lord’s apprehended absence in trouble, and delaying to answer the supplicant, putteth a load above a burden, and surpasseth all expression of words; for here his speech is cut ,but thou O Lord, how long? David Dickson (1583-1662)

“The sight of the Lord Jesus as contemplated by faith, calls up within the soul clusters of ideas of the greatest beauty, and sensations of the greatest pleasure.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“Whenever we lose sight of God’s great end in all things—His own glory—we fall into a wrong track.” Horatius Bonar (1808-1890)