Occupation: Clergyman Birth: December 13, 1835 Death: January 23, 1893
The more man becomes irradiated with Divinity, the more, not the less, truly he is man..
O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doi….
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words..
There is such a difference between coming out of sorrow thankful for relief, and coming out of sorrow full of sympathy with and trust in Him who has ….
There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt..
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-though….
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children..
Heaven does not make holiness, but holiness makes heaven..
Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself..
Obedience completes itself in understanding..
The faith which you keep must be a faith that demands obedience, and you can keep it only by obeying it..
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spok….
The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the que….
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity..
I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am ….
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen,"….
Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grate….
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything..
The danger is that we may fail to perceive life's greatest meaning, fall short of its highest good, miss its deepest and most abiding happiness, be u….
It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. He knows his limitations. The only chance of any healthy life for him is to be as full a….
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from..