Birth: December 16, 1867 Death: January 18, 1951
Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him..
Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?.
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them..
When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?.
One must as willingly be nothing, as something..
It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord le….
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes..
God, harden me against myself!.
All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey..
Thank God, He does not measure grace out in teaspoons..
Ours should be the love that asks not 'how little?' but, 'how much?' The love that delights to pour out everything upon the feet of our Beloved..
A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred..
I believe truly that Satan cannot endure it and so slips out of the room - more or less - when there is a true song..
He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid..
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing hi….
Part of a soldier's duty is to fill gaps...one must be willing to be nothing, as something..
The night I sailed for China, March 3, 1893, my life, on the human side, was broken, and it never was mended again. But He has been enough..
There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace..
Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience..
But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelm….
We say, then, to anyone who is under trial, give Him time to steep the soul in His eternal truth. Go into the open air, look up into the depths of th….