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“Oh! Let the redeemed cherish honorable thoughts of their present glory.  Be careful to clear it from the defilement and degradation of the world’s dust, and enjoy it in adoring praise to Him, who hath chosen thee to this so … Continue reading →

“When man is selfish he cannot but have a great deal of trouble and vexation, for if I regard myself, my ends are so narrow that a hundred things will come and jostle me, and I cannot have room in … Continue reading →

“Therefore, on seeing your failures, you should say, I am nothing but a failure; but God is dealing with me on another principle altogether than my works, good or bad–a principle not involving my works, but based only on the … Continue reading →

“Particular truths can be fully understood, and the power of certain promises can be adequately felt, only by our being brought into situations where the soul is made to feel the need of those truths and those promises.” George Burrowes  … Continue reading →

“It is not so much external performances that make the difference between men, as their inward temper.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)

“There is nothing of more importance, whether for the individual believer or for the Church collectively, than a firm conviction, such as the Book of Joshua emphatically supplies, that long delays on God’s part involve no forgetfulness of His promises, … Continue reading →

“He can do all that ever you need, without any means or instruments.  His bare word is sufficient, all-sufficient, for it, whatever it be, how great, how difficult, how impossible soever it seems.  Such a power there is even in … Continue reading →

“But if Christ died for the sins of all men, and the punishment of their sins is inflicted on Him, and borne by Him, and yet multitudes of them are everlastingly punished for them, where is the justice of God”?  … Continue reading →

“If Christ is precious to us, we shall be distressed that we are not more conformed to His blessed image and Holy will.”  (John Fawcett  1740-1817)

“Even the ‘light’ which angels and glorified spirits enjoy in heaven would be insufficient to banish all fear and fill them with satisfaction, were it not for their confidence in the ‘truth’ of God.  How much more, then, must this … Continue reading →