Occupation: Author Birth: February 7, 1832 Death: May 1, 1911
If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as to be in the midst of the a….
Nothing else but seeing God in everything can make us loving and patient with those who annoy us. When we realize that they are only the instruments ….
I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of brute force; that His rule is over h….
How often we say about our earthly friends, "I really would like to have a good quiet settled talk with them so that I can really get to know them." ….
This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that….
For the decisions of our will are often so directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions, that, if we are in the habit of considering our emotion….
Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are of comparatively little account..
You must remember that our God has all knowledge and all wisdom, and that therefore it is very possible He may guide you into paths wherein He knows ….
That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Juggernaut car to crush your soul into the dust….
If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people l….
Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to di….
If we want to be comforted, we must make up our minds to believe every single solitary word of comfort God has ever spoken..
It is a fact beyond question that there are two kinds of Christian experience, one of which is an experience of bondage, and the other an experience ….