Occupation: Evangelist Birth: September 27, 1805 Death: March 10, 1898
The Christian should never worry about tomorrow or give sparingly because of a possible future need. Only the present moment is ours to serve the Lor….
The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghos….
Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man's power ends..
Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience..
Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith..
We should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried. The more I am in a position to be tried in faith, the more I will have the oppo….
The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials..
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming..
Never give up praying until the answer comes..
If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them..
There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approva….
In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to continue praying; for the less we read ….
God not only orders our steps, He orders our stops..
God judges what we give by what we keep..
In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because I was enabled by Hi….
I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. ….
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use..
Where faith begins, anxiety ends; where anxiety begins, faith end..
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety..
Our heavenly Father never takes anything from his children unless he means to give them something better..
God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing to….