You cannot stay the shell in its flight; after it has left the mortar, it goes on to its mark, and there explodes, dealing destruction all around. Ju…

- William Mackergo Taylor

We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who co…

- William Mackergo Taylor

So, from generation to generation, the spiritual church is rising upwards toward its perfection; and, though one after another the workmen pass away,…

- William Mackergo Taylor

The lack of brotherhood among believers themselves has paralyzed the church in front of the skepticism and immorality of the world; but when we go ba…

- William Mackergo Taylor

Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what we cry for, lest God give i…

- William Mackergo Taylor

True repentance has as its constituent elements not only grief and hatred of sin, but also an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ. It hates th…

- William Mackergo Taylor

Heathenism had proved unequal to the wants of men; and it was when the most thoughtful among the Pagans were turned away from its hollow mockeries an…

- William Mackergo Taylor

Palestine was the West Point and Annapolis for the world. In that little country God was training up a people out of whom, when the fullness of the t…

- William Mackergo Taylor

The whole track of history is marked with the ruin of empires which having been founded in injustice, or perpetuated by wrong, were ultimately destro…

- William Mackergo Taylor