Occupation: Writer Birth: January 10, 1822 Death: February 26, 1909
The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer..
Any church which forsakes the regular and uniform for the periodical and spasmodic service of God, is doomed to decay; any church which relies for it….
I have heard of a monk who in his cell had a glorious vision of Jesus revealed to him. Just then a bell rang, which called him away to distribute loa….
Now let us gather into one bouquet, from the King's garden, these seven fragrant flowers: Jesus the Son of God; Jesus our sin-bearer; Jesus the giver….
It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness, and unbelief. Repentance, to be of a….
The disciples were not losing time when they sat beside their Master, and held quiet converse with Him under the olives of Bethany or by the shores o….
Exalt the Cross! God has hung the destiny of the race upon it. Other things we may do in the realm of ethics, and on the lines of philanthropic refor….
What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is still burning with hatred or festering with grudges against a fellow-creature? Co….
Conversion by the Holy Spirit is a spiritual illumination of the soul. God's grace lights up the dark heart. And when a man has once been kindled at ….
Faith is trusting Jesus to lead us and going where He leads. What avails it to me to analyze Saratoga water, and to believe in its virtues? I must dr….
Conversion is the act of joining our hands to the pierced hand of the crucified Saviour. The new life begins with the taking of Christ's hand, and Hi….
It is the easiest thing in the world for us to obey God when He commands us to do what we like, and to trust Him when the path is all sunshine. The r….
A sermon in shoes is often more eloquent than a sermon on paper..
Faith that trusts on Jesus alone for salvation, and not on your respectable life, and the obedience that follows Him, are the indispensable steps to ….
It is the easiest thing in the world to obey God when He commands us to do what we like, and to trust Him when the path is all sunshine. The real vic….
Tears never yet saved a soul. Hell is full of weepers weeping over lost opportunities, perhaps over the rejection of an offered Saviour. Your Bible d….
A good book is the very essence of a good man. His virtues survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his actual life are forgotten. All the good….
Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured. God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and ….
One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completel….
When God says to us, "Give me your load, trust me, what you cannot do, I will do for you," He puts our faith to one of the strongest tests. He never ….
God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book..