Monthly Archives: January 2019

“Evangelical humiliation is the immediate consequence of a true sense of sin, and of a spiritual apprehension of pardoning mercy.  It consists in lowliness, or self-abasement of mind before God, and esteeming others better than ourselves; in having low thoughts … Continue reading →

“The natural man will always despise the excellence to which he cannot attain.”  (Author unknown)

“The more I understand of the character of God, as revealed in Scripture, the more shall I see that he must be sovereign, and the more shall I rejoice from my inmost heart that He is so.   It was God’s … Continue reading →

“Shame, guilt and woe would be my portion if I should leave any effort untried to unfold His glorious image.  Let me rather use every power of life and pen to magnify and exalt Him:–to beseech men to ponder Him—to … Continue reading →

“It must likewise be understood that so long as the believer is in this world, his childhood lasts and therefore lasts his education.”  (John Lillie; 1812-1867)

“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee;” here is not only a gathering after a forsaking, but great mercies”  to make amends for “a small moment.”  He who hath engaged to … Continue reading →

“The inner man thus nourished, fights with a giant’s might, the fight of faith, and mounts up with eagles’ wings toward Zion’s heights.”  (Henry Law  1797-1884)

“This Gospel is the glad tidings from God of the accomplishment of the promise of salvation that had been made to Adam.”  (Robert Haldane; 1772-1854)

“Affliction is then come to the height and its complete measure when the sinner is made sensible of his own weakness and sees there is no help for him save in God alone.” David Dickson  (1583-1662)

“He speaks to us in terms of the strongest and most tender affection—assures us that whatever may be thought of us by the world, we are beautiful in his eyes, and that love is the expression of soul which draws … Continue reading →