The Kayelton Group

“Be it ours to be humbly dependent upon God; for whatever station he may choose to keep us in, godliness alone will prove our promotion and true riches.”  Gregory Bateman  (1862)

“The subordinate end of redemption is the everlasting salvation of God’s elect, and their eternal life and happiness; and the ultimate end is the glory of God, of His grace and justice, and all the perfections of His Nature.”  John Gill  (1697-1771)

“The Psalmist adds a striking figure to illustrate how easily God can overthrow the machinations of our enemies, comparing them to smoke which vanishes away when blown upon by the wind, or wax which melts before the fire.”  Psalm 68:2  John Calvin  (1509-1564)

“Nearness to God is the foundation of a creature’s happiness.”  Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

“There is neither grace nor peace for man except through Christ.”  Joseph Augustus Seiss  (1823-1904)

“God is much displeased, even with his own children, when his power is questioned by them. Let it be our great care to have our faith confirmed in the belief of God’s almighty power and pray much that God would strengthen and increase our faith.”  William Wisheart (1657-1727)

“There may be 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)

“The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk in God’s ways, however trying to nature.”  George Muller  (1805-1898)

“His choice is not determined by the merit of man’s works, but by His own free and undeserved mercy. It is proven by His words to Moses and to Pharaoh that “on whom he will, he hath mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.”  Edwin Hamilton Gifford  (1820-1905)

“When a man has laid forth his desires and poured out his heart before God, he should quiet himself, and cast himself with his burden upon the Lord; for here the poor commits himself to God.” David Dickson  (1583-1662)