The Kayelton Group

“We may and ought to trust God’s promise to bless us, even though we may see no visible appearance of its fulfillment.  The vision will surely come and not tarry.”  Thomas V. Moore(1779-1852)

“Perhaps the whole mystery of suffering is insoluble by us in our present condition; and whatever advances we make in knowledge, there will still be much which, as the speeches of the Almighty out of the whirlwind tell us, we cannot hope to understand unless we can comprehend the whole mind of God.”  Edgar C.S. Gibson  (1848-1924)

“Thou hast commanded us to keep thy statutes diligently.”  We acknowledge, Lord, our obligation; but we feel our impotency.  Lord, help us:  we look unto thee.  “Oh that our ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”  “Give what thou commandest; and then command what thou wilt.”  (Augustine; 354-430)

“It is evident, therefore, that holiness is the sum of all excellence and the combination of all the attributes which constitute perfection of character.”  James Petigru Boyce  (1827-1888)

“As to its duration, it is to eternity; “having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them unto the end,” John 13:1 – his love is invariable, unalterable, and unchangeable: it is like himself, “the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever;” all the waters of sin and corruption cannot extinguish it; nor can any creature in heaven, earth, or hell, separate his people from it.  John Gill  (1697-1771)

“How easily can God defeat the purposes of man.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“The highest happiness of angels, and of the “spirits of just men made perfect” in glory, is to do the will of God.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“One way to get comfort is to plead the promise of God in prayer, show him his handwriting; God is tender of his word.”  Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“Excellences of the divine character which excite love cannot be known without a divine revelation.  Surely, then, the necessity of such a revelation cannot be denied.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“The better view we have of God, the better will we know ourselves.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)