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“He made Himself responsible and gathered up into His own personality all the misery resulting from sin represented in a dead man and broken-hearted people round about Him.  This was voluntary identification with the sorrow that issues from sin, and … Continue reading →

“The delight which the people of God have from the word is a privilege peculiar to themselves: and this word has enough to give delight to all their number.”  (Daniel Wilcox  1676-1733)

“All the devils of hell combining their powers would find themselves unable to put one of God’s servants to death, whilst any part of their work on earth remains unperformed.”  (George Lawson; 1749-1820)

“God is able to do all we ask him to do; he is even able to do all that we dare not ask but merely imagine; he can do more than this; far more; very far more.”  (William Hendriksen; 1900-1982)

“The proud hill tops let the rain run off; the lowly valleys are richly watered.”  (Augustine 354-430)

“We must never think of our cross as our penalty; we must think of it as our glory…The harder the task we give a student, or a craftsman, or a surgeon, the more we honor him. We, in effect, say … Continue reading →

“Till sin be hated it cannot be mortified; you will not cry against it.…Mercy to sin is cruelty to the soul.”  (Edward Reyner  1600-1670)

“To walk worthy of the Lord is to feel the solemn bond of redeeming blood, to enshrine the image of Him who shed it, to breathe His spirit and act in harmony with His example.”  (John Eadie  1810-1872)

“The seed of the word is scattered in vain, unless the Lord render it fruitful by his blessing.”  (John Calvin; 1509-1564)

“By thy providence put life into my affairs, by thy grace put life into my affections; cure me of my spiritual deadness, and make me lively in my devotion.  (Matthew Henry; 1662-1714)