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“There is no better test of our true character, than the habitual effect of ‘vain thoughts’ upon our minds—whether we love and indulge them, or abhor, and watch and pray against them.” (Thomas Scott; 1747-1821)

“The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” (Thomas Watson; 1620-1686)

“Men may violate the precepts of heaven; they cannot frustrate its purposes.” (David Thomas; 1813-1894)

“The bond of the covenant is able to bear the weight of the believer’s heaviest burden.” (William S. Plumer; 1802-1880)

“All the holy breathings and desires of the soul, all the longings for God and for conformity to His will and image, all that is lovely and like Jesus in the saint, are the result of this gracious act of … Continue reading →

“Amidst the storms and tempests of the world, there is a perfect calm in the breasts of those, who not only do the will of God, but ‘love’ to do it.” (George Horne; 1730-1792)

“O that I might live in the constant sense of thy nearness to me! How often, far too often, a do I seem quite to forget it! Art thou near? (James Harrington; 1785-1849)

“ALL who believe in Christ Jesus are so closely related to him as to be treated by God as if they were one with him. When God looks at them, he sees nothing, as it were, but Christ.” (John Brown; … Continue reading →

“The only wise God had no occasion for second thoughts.  As he is wise to perfection, he sees no cause of reversing his purposes.” (Abraham Booth; 1734-1806)

“Of all the ingredients that sweeten the cup of human life, there is none more rich or powerful than hope. Its absence embitters the sweetest lot; its presence alleviates the deepest woe.” (William Grant; 1814-1876)