Birth: September 24, 1759 Death: November 13, 1836
Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him..
My dear brother, we must not mind a little suffering for Christs sake. When I am getting through a hedge, if my head and shoulders are safely through….
Learn, brethren, before it be too late, that ‘without Christ you can do nothing:’ that ‘all your fresh springs are in him:’ and ‘of him must your fru….
Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps….
I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself..
We shall do well ever to remember, that Christianity is not a mere speculative theory, that is to inform the mind; but a great practical lesson, to r….
With this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incess….
The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God..
Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns.
The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears..
No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints..
That however advanced any man may 'be-in' age or piety, he is still in danger of falling..
Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down..
Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to learn: 1. Humility. 2. H….
You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil y….
If you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not ‘live no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him who died for you and rose agai….
Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities….