Monthly Archives: August 2016

“The motives, even for our best deeds, are apt to be mixed, and the thought of men’s admiration is often one of them.”  Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“Hence it follows, that all our graces, and so our desires, receive disadvantage by our flesh, that mixing itself with what is good, and so abates the excellency of the good.”  John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“When God seems to close his ear, we must not therefore close our mouths, but rather cry with more earnestness; for when our note grows shrill with eagerness and grief, he will not long deny us a hearing.  What a … Continue reading →

“God in the exercise of His infinite wisdom and power, so personally directs and controls the free actions of men as to determine all things in accordance with His eternal purpose.”  E.H. Bancroft

“The lowest stage in depravity is reached when men take pleasure in seeing others sin.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“The mighty God, without ceasing to be God, becomes man to redeem us.  Wonder of wonders!  The like to this never has been—never could be.  Let the greatest king become the meanest beggar–let the richest prince leave his place for … Continue reading →

“Jesus gives us to understand that two agreed are better, stronger, than twelve or a thousand divided by enmities and ambitious passions.”  Alexander Balmain Bruce  (1831-1899)

“For never was any sinner qualified to come to Christ.  He is well qualified to come to us; but a sinner out of Christ has no qualifications for Christ but sin and misery.”  Horatius Bonar  (1808-1890)

“Be our troubles many in number, strange in nature, heavy in measure; Yet God’s mercies are more numerous, his wisdom more wondrous, his power more miraculous; he will deliver us out of all.  Thomas Adams (1807-1880)

“Should the whole frame of nature be unhinged, and all outward friends and supporters prove false and deceitful, our worldly hopes and schemes be disappointed, and possessions torn from us, and the floods of sickness, poverty and disgrace overwhelm our … Continue reading →