The Kayelton Group

“The knowledge of God is the root of knowledge.”   (William Arnot  1808-1875)

“We know not what our prayer should be for two reasons, because the future is still hidden, and even in the present life we know not what is best for us.”  (Augustine, 354-430)

“The highest freedom is the state in which it will be forever impossible for man to choose contrary to the will of God.”  (Herman Hoeksema; 1886-1965)

“Man discovered to himself and aware of his wants will fall into despair if the growing sense of guilt is not stilled by the great redemption of the cross.”  (George Smeaton; 1811-1894)

“He speaks to us in terms of the strongest and most tender affection—assures us that whatever may be thought of us by the world, we are beautiful in his eyes, and that love is the expression of soul which draws his admiration. Song of Solomon  1:15.”  (George Burrowes; 1811-1894)

“To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection.  Though this be not the grace of nature, yet it is the nature of grace.  (William Secker 1861).

“I have no rest, but in a nook with the book.”  (Thomas a Kempis  1380-1471)

“It is by the high way of pride that sinners depart from God; and it is by the low way of humiliation that they return to Him.” (John Colquhoun; 1748-1827)

“It is but little that we can know of his works, but that little should teach us to be humble and to admire the divine power and goodness.  How great must that Being be who produced these immense globes out of nothing, who regulates their courses, and whose mighty hand directs and supports them all.”  (Christopher Christian Sturm; 1740-1786)

“Men will never find a remedy for their miseries until, forgetting their own merits by trusting to which they only deceive themselves, they have learned to take themselves to the free mercy of God.”  John Calvin; 1509-1564)