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The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.
There is a sweet joy which comes to us through sorrow.
He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in fulfillments.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
The church may go through her dark ages, but Christ is with her in the midnight; she may pass through her fiery furnace, but Christ is in the midst of the flame with her.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, 'and not on marble.
As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them.
I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
When home is ruled according to God's word, angels might be asked to stay a night with us, and they would not find themselves out of their element.
I believe that when Paul plants and Apollos waters, God gives the increase; and I have no patience with those who throw the blame on God when it belongs to themselves.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.
As for our own faults, it would take a large slate to hold the account of them; but, thank God, we know where to take them, and how to get the better of them.
Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned by trouble; they must be burned into us by the hot iron of affliction, otherwise we shall not truly receive them.
Prayers are heard in heaven very much in proportion to our faith. Little faith will get very great mercies, but great faith still greater.
Women are best when they are quiet.
Sermons (1854)
Though Manasseh repented, his son Amon followed in the footsteps of his father in his wickedness, but not in his righteousness. Children will imitate their fathers in their vices, seldom in their repentance.
Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.
The Soul-Winner (1895)
Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success.
The Soul-Winner (1895)
God looketh upon any thing we say, or any thing we do, and if He seeth Christ in it, He accepteth it; but if there be no Christ, He putteth it away as a foul thing.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)