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“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 →

“If our Savior wore a crown of thorns, we need not look for one of gold.”  (William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“The man who has drained the cup of pleasure can best tell the taste of its dregs.”  (William Arnot  1808-1875)

“God’s Word is only and always true and good; it must be unconditionally accepted on the simple ground that it is the Word of God.  There can never be a good in violating the Word of God.”  (Herman Hoeksema , … Continue reading →

“The giving of thanks should be a habit with us.  No life is so utterly barren of good as to present no ground whatever for thanksgiving.”  William Graham Scroggie  (1877-1958)

“Nothing of our own, however costly, as duty and self-denial and mortification, can excuse us for hesitating to rush into his arms.” (George Burroes, 1853)