Occupation: Clergyman Birth: December 13, 1835 Death: January 23, 1893
The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't..
Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God..
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones..
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but takin….
I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back..
We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without being robbed of our affections..
When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it..
Call your opinions your creed, and you will change it every week..
Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights ….
Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present..
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward..