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How unspeakably wonderful to know that all our concerns are held in hands that bled for us.

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.

A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.

Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.

If you once love Him, you will study to please Him.

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now i see.

Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.

There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.

A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us.

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.

So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on.

If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.

All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)

But by the grace of God I am what I am

I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself.

Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.

Poison is seldom taken in the gross; but, if mingled with food, the mischief is not suspected until it is discovered by the effect.

Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.

Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.

To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.

We are engaged in a good cause, fight under a good Captain, the victory is sure beforehand, and the prize is a crown - a crown of eternal life.

A minister full of comforts & free from failings as an angel, though he would be happy, wouldn't be a good or useful preacher

I am a great Sinner and God is a great Savior

Every drop of rain hits its appointed target.

Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years

As to myself, if I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.

How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present!

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!

God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.

God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.

Self-righteousness can feed upon doctrines - as well as upon works!

A bowler can make or break a chap.

I once was lost, but now am found,

O my Savior, Shield, and Sun, Shepherd, Brother, Husband, Friend, Every precious name in one; I will love thee without end.

We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.

We judge things by their present appearances, but the Lord sees them in their consequences.

Let me endeavor to lead you out of yourself: let me invite you to look unto Jesus.

My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.

Safely through another week, GOD has brought us on our way, Let us now a blessing seek On th' approaching sabbath-day:

By affliction prayer is quickened, for our prayers are very apt to grow languid and formal in a time of ease.

May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.

If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are ... exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm.

The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.