Birth: November 18, 1800 Death: April 29, 1882
The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church..
Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him; and that what we do is only for Him in proportion as it is He Himself who works it in us..
God is sufficient in all ages for His church..
Separation from evil is the necessary first principle of communion with Him ... Separation from evil is His principle of unity.
This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christia….
Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It ….
The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes..
The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord..
Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I..
Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses..
Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ..
Let those who like society better have it..
The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the dust of death, man's hatred, God's des….
I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ..
Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth..
After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely..
If we wait upon God, there is no danger. If we rush on, He must let us see the consequences of it..
God's ways are behind the scenes, but He moves all the scenes which He is behind..
During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy ov….
This re-appearance of the doctrine of freewill serves to support that of the pretension of the natural man to be not irremediably fallen, for this is….
I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pr….