Birth: April 9, 1862 Death: March 27, 1929
There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the ….
The unity of Christendom is not a luxury, but a necessity. The world will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is answered. We must h….
Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of good judgment..
Concluding a short series on sin: It is appalling to think of a power so strong that it can annihilate with the irresistible force of its grinding he….
It makes a great difference in our feeling towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference….
There is no thirst of the soul so consuming as the desire for pardon. The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point of all goodness. It comes bring….
Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some the pu….
It seems to me, as time goes on, that the only thing that is worth seeking for is to know and to be known by Christ -- a privilege open alone to the ….
The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace - the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we in….
Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention, but He ours, so when we fail to hear His voice, it is not because He is not speak….
A man must not stop listening any more than praying when he rises from his knees. No one questions the need of times of formal address to God, but fe….
The World will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is answered..
Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God's removal of that which obscures His face and so ….
A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among men who impetuously fli….
God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound devotional silence and….
Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray..