Occupation: Clergyman Birth: December 13, 1835 Death: January 23, 1893
For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small..
There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it may not hope to shed some of His light. There is no life s….
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God..
Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace whi….
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; F….
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….
Anger is self-immolation..
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there..
You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing..
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still..
The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without..
The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that...we are to, and may, live nobly now bec….
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided..
Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours..
There are passages of the Bible that are soiled forever by the touches of the hands of ministers who delight in the cheap jokes they have left behind….
Christ will rise on Easter day!.
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….
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable..
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he….
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not ….
There are two ways of defending a castle; one by shutting yourself up in it, and guarding every loop-hole; the other by making it an open centre of o….