Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet.
Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften.
A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.
There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.
Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration? Doth not the lightning write His name in letters of fire? Hath not the whole earth a voice? And shall I, can I, silent be?
No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.
Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.
Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
We often forget that the author of our faith must be the finisher of it also.
Holy service in constant fellowship with God is heaven below
He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.
It cannot be that there is a high appreciation of Jesus and a totally silent tongue about him
Conversion is a turning onto the right road. The next thing to do is to walk on it.
Affliction is the best book in a minister's library.
The world's one and only remedy is the cross.
Trials make more room for consolation. There is nothing that makes a man have a big heart like a great trial. I always find that little, miserable people, whose hearts are about the size of a grain of mustard seed, never have had much to try them. I have found that those people who have no sympathy for their fellows — who never weep for the sorrows of others — very seldom have had any woes of their own. Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.
I believe that many professing Christians are cold and uncomfortable because they are doing nothing for their Lord; but if they actively served him, their blood would begin to circulate spiritually, and it would be well with them.
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish'? Surely that precious word, 'Whosoever will, let him come and take the water of life freely' and that solemn promise, 'Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out,' are better than signs and wonders! A truthful Saviour ought to be believed. He is truth itself. Why will you ask proof of the veracity of One who cannot lie?
Easy roads make sleepy travellers.
An ounce of heart knowledge is worth a ton of head learning.
Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.
A man who does nothing never has time to do anything
When filled with holy truth the mind rests.
The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.
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