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In heaven, knowledge shall be commensurate with the enlarged powers of the glorified soul.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Wise is that Christian parent who begins every morning with the word of God and fervent prayer.
You never will be saved by works; but let us tell you most solemnly that you never will be saved without works.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self-indulgence, God " stirs up our nests;" and bids us fly upward.
One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
God sometimes washes the eyes of His children with tears in order that they may read aright His providence and His commandments.
True prayer is an earnest soul's direct converse with its God.
A genuine revival means a trimming of personal lamps.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
In eternity it will be a terrible thing for many a man to meet his own prayers. Their very language will condemn him; for he knew his duty, but he did it not.
Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.
Never do what you cannot ask Christ to bless; and never go into any place or any pursuit in which you cannot ask Christ Jesus to go with you.
As long as we work on God's line, He will aid us. When we attempt to work on our own lines, He rebukes us with failure.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them when faith presents them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Too much is said in these days about the aesthetics of religion and its sensibilities. Religion's home is in the conscience. Its watchword is the word "ought." Its highest joy is in doing God's will.
I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help. Every fall without one exception came from venturing upon sinful ground or from venturing upon self-support.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is still burning with hatred or festering with grudges against a fellow-creature? Confession, to be of any avail, must let go of its hold on the sin confessed.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
The most heaven-like spots I have ever visited, have been certain rooms in which Christ's disciples were awaiting the summons of death. So far from being a "house of mourning," I have often found such a house to be a vestibule of glory.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)