Monthly Archives: December 2019

“Love causes believers to take all things that God sends them favorably and in good part.”  (John Albert Bengel  1687-1752)

“How suitable to every condition in life is the cry for mercy.”  (William S. Plumer 1802-1880)

“Through him that loved us.  No power in heaven or earth, in time or in eternity, can separate us from the Divine love.”  (E. H. Gifford  1820-1905)

“God hath not an imperfect but a thorough foreknowledge of all future things; the means and the end; not only as they may be, but also as they shall be, by His Divine determination.”  (Christopher Ness  1621-1705)

“The man that believes in God and fears him is in a more safe condition than the wicked in all their power and riches.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

“Certain it is that also that first sin, though the responsibility of it is entirely man’s, and though it was wanton and willful disobedience, was according to the inscrutable plan and purposes of the Most High, and took place under … Continue reading →

“There is no better assurance of final victory than that drawn from the grace which enables us to trust in the divine mercy in the darkest hours.”  (William S. Plummer; 1841-1926)

“True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellence of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when it is under the greatest trials.”  (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

“The Spirit is our comforter; or to choose the path of duty in times of perplexity—the Spirit is our guide; or to engage in prayer—the Spirit is the Spirit of grace and supplication; or to cultivate any one of the … Continue reading →

“The intenseness of the affliction renders it trying to our fortitude; but it is by the continuance of it that patience is put to the test. It is not under the sharpest, but the longest trials, that we are most … Continue reading →