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“And how does it work, when we thus anticipate God, by going our own way?  We bring, in many instances, guilt on our conscience; but if not, we certainly weaken faith, instead of increasing it; and each time we work … Continue reading →

“Though there can never really be room for any boasting on man’s part before God, yet boasting will intrude; nor can it be shut out “by the law of works,” which rather tends to foster self-righteousness.”  Edwin Hamilton Gifford  (1820-1905)

“When the recovering patient finds any medicine benefiting him by its use at any particular stage of his restoration, he has the best proof that it was intended for his cure, and was placed there by wisdom.”  George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“ For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things; to whom be glory forever.”  “Whenever we overlook this, we go wrong, and our efforts are but the beating of the air.  When we make an end … Continue reading →

“He is the Alpha, and also the Omega!  Nothing exists that does exist, nothing moves that does move, nothing develops that does develop, nothing happens that does happen, whether light or darkness, whether sin or grace, whether the devil or … Continue reading →

“God is much displeased, even with his own children, when his power is questioned by them…Well, then, let it be your great care to have your faith confirmed in the belief of God’s almighty power…and pray much that God would … Continue reading →

“Grace to pray, and the fixing of the heart in prayer on the Lord, is his gift, no less than the answer of the prayer: and where the Lord giveth the one grace, he will also give the other: thou … Continue reading →

“He that is conscious of this relationship to Christ considers all things, in life and in death, in the light of it, and evaluating things in that light, is quite sure that the evil of this present time, including death, … Continue reading →

“There may be, indeed, a time when God will not be found, but no time wherein he must not be trusted…Times of trouble are proper times for trust, be the trouble either spiritual or temporal.” Thomas Lye (1621-1684)

“Love to Jesus Christ becomes through sanctification, the strongest passion that can take possession of the human heart.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)