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“Oh, if I could but creep one foot, or half a foot, nearer to Jesus, in such a dismal night as that when he is away, I should think it a happy absence!  If I knew that the Beloved were only … Continue reading →

“It would be far easier to arrest the sun in his course, than to hinder the performance of any promise that God has made to His people.”  (George Lawson; 1749-1820)

“No one has less cause for despair than he who has lost hope in himself, and really learns to seek in God that, which he deeply feels, he least of all can give himself.”  (J. J. Van Oosterzee  1874)

“The preaching of false doctrine may build up a church composed of ‘wood, hay, and stubble,’ but the preaching of truth alone can rear a church composed of ‘gold, silver, and  precious stones.”  (Octavius Winslow  1808-1878)

“We should not rest content with recognizing the general truth, but ever make conscious efforts to feel that this passing instant has something to do with our eternal character and with our eternal destiny.”  (William Graham Scroggie; 1877-1958)

“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 on in God’s ways, however trying … Continue reading →

 “It is in love that his face is turned away; yet to a real child of God, this hiding of his Father’s face is terrible, and he will never be at ease until once more he hath his Father’s smile.”  … Continue reading →

“God’s gifts are free and liberal.  Many times he giveth more than we ask, and our prayers come far short of what grace doth for us.”  (Thomas Manton  1620-1677)

“Whenever in our trials we consult our own understanding, hearken to self-reasonings, though they seem to be good, and tending to our preservation; yet the principle of living by faith is stifled, and we shall in the issue be cast … Continue reading →

“None but a pardoned man could have uttered Paul’s cry.  “O wretched man that I Am; who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”  (A.A. Bonar; 1810-1892)