 The Spirit of God first imparts love; he next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in many of our churches. Topics: Church |
| A man who covers up the cross though he may be an intellectual man, and draw large crowds will have no ilk there, and his church will be but a gilded sepulcher. Topics: Church, Heresy, The Cross |
| His is a loving, tender hand, full of sympathy and compassion. Topics: Compassion |
| No matter how low down you are; no matter what your disposition has been; you may be low in your thoughts, words, and actions; you may be selfish; your heart may be overflowing with corruption and wickedness; yet Jesus will have compassion upon you. He will speak comforting words to you; not treat you coldly or spurn you, as perhaps those of earth would, but will speak tender words, and words of love and affection and kindness. Just come at once. He is a faithful friend - a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Topics: Compassion |
| God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. Topics: Conversion |
| It is not necessary that we should be able to tell where or how we have been converted, but it is important that we should be able to tell that we are converted. Topics: Conversion |
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| I hold to the doctrine of sudden conversion as I do to my life, and I would as quickly give up my life as give up this doctrine, unless it can be proved that it is not according to the word of God. Now, I will admit that light is one thing and birth is another. A soul must be born before it can see light A child must be born before it can be taught; it must be born before it can walk; it must be born before it can be educated. Topics: Conversion |
| You may find hundreds of faultfinders among professed Christians; but all their criticism will not lead one solitary soul to Christ. Topics: Criticism |
| Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings! Topics: Death, Jesus |
| As I go into a cemetery I like to think of the time when the dead shall rise from their graves. ... Thank God, our friends are not buried; they are only sown! Topics: Death |
| Earth recedes, heaven opens. I've been through the gates! Don't call me back ... if this is death, it's sweet. Dwight! Irene! I see the children's faces. [Dwight and Irene were his dead grandchildren.] Topics: Death |
| Christ never preached any funeral sermons. Topics: Death, Preaching |
