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“Here, learning can go no farther than the threshold; the key by which the mysteries within are reached, must be furnished by the Spirit of God.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“There is a fearful tendency in man to attach the idea of merit to his religious conduct. How many there are who imagine that by their social integrity, their benevolent deeds, their devotional observances, they will procure the favor of … Continue reading →

“We are spiritually dumb until God opens our mouth.”   William H. Van Doren (1810-1882)

“The apostasy of the race is universal, and the proof of it is found everywhere from the equator to the poles.” James Madison Pendleton; 1811-1891)

“There is a resting—place for the weary — deep and broad, immovable and sure,–Jesus, the sin-bearing Lamb of God.” Horatius Bonar (1808-1890)

“Men are very unwilling to admit that God should have any end with respect to them greater than their happiness. But his own glory is everywhere in the Scripture represented as the chief end of man’s existence, and of the … Continue reading →

“The children of Egypt rush in presumptuously, without command. O my soul, follow God fully, and stagger not. But never move without the light of guidance from on high. Henry Law (1797-1844)

“Every doctrine which can be taught to theologians is taught to children.” John Murray (1898-1975)

“So while we are in the most serious talk with Him, when all other things should be kept out, yet how many chinks there are in the heart, at which a flood of other thoughts come in! Our minds leave … Continue reading →

“If God really is our Master, all the resources of heaven and earth are at our back.” William Garden Blaikie (1821-1899)