“There are times when solitude is better
than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians
if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on
His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon
the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . .
Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow
advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not
thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind
it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to
gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water
flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly
deliver us, O Lord. . . .”
“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. ”
“When your will is God's will, you will have
your will.”
“Faith
goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has
opened.”
“A good character is the best tombstone.
Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when
forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
“Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its
sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.”
“If
you can't see His way past the tears, trust His heart.”
It is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book
widens and deepens with our years.”
“If sinners be damned, at least let them
leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our
arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled,
let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and
unprayed for.”
“Nothing teaches us about the preciousness
of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.”
“It is not how much we have, but how much we
enjoy, that makes happiness”
“God
helps those who cannot help themselves.”
“Have you no wish for others to be saved?
Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!”
“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should
be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you
have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
“Give yourself unto reading.”he who never
quotes will never be quoted.He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s
brains, proves that he has no
brains of his own.You need to read.We are quite persuaded that the very best
way for you to be spending your leisure time,is to be either reading or
praying.You may get much instruction from booksPaul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.from Spurgeon’s,
"Paul — His Cloak and His Books”
“Men will allow God to be everywhere but on
his throne. They will allow him to be in his workshop to fashion worlds and
make stars. They will allow Him to be in His almonry to dispense His alms and
bestow his bounties. they will allow Him to sustain the earth and bear up the
pillars thereof, or light the lamps of heaven, or rule the waves of the
ever-moving ocean; but when God ascends Hes throne, His creatures then gnash
their teeth. And we proclaim an enthroned God, and His right to do as He wills
with His own, to dispose of His creatures as He thinks well, without consulting
them in the matter; then it is that we are hissed and execrated, and then it is
that men turn a deaf ear to us, for God on His throne is not the God they love.
But it is God upon the throne that we love to preach. It is God upon His throne
whom we trust.”
