God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God; but God is love. No creature that has not love will be allowed to have a permanent empire. The Father of mercy will not put the reigns of government into a hand that has no heart. Dominion is a very solemn thing; it may oppress, crush, destroy. The Father must have a guarantee for its gentleness. What guarantee can there be but his image - the possession of a nature tender as the Divine?
My God, I have never thanked Thee for my 'thorn!' I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my 'thorn;' I have been looki… - George Matheson
My God, I have never thanked Thee for my 'thorn!' I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my 'thorn;' I have been looki…
- George Matheson
Christian love is the only kind of love in which there is no rivalry, no jealousy. There is jealousy among the lovers of art; there is jealousy amon… - George Matheson
Christian love is the only kind of love in which there is no rivalry, no jealousy. There is jealousy among the lovers of art; there is jealousy amon…
God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God; but God is love. No creatur… - George Matheson
God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God; but God is love. No creatur…
When the will is given, the battle is ended. - George Matheson
When the will is given, the battle is ended.
I will have reached the point of greatest strength once I have learned to wait for hope. - George Matheson
I will have reached the point of greatest strength once I have learned to wait for hope.
There is an Eye that never sleeps, Beneath the wind of night. There is an ear that never shuts, When sinks the beams of light. There is an Arm that n… - George Matheson
There is an Eye that never sleeps, Beneath the wind of night. There is an ear that never shuts, When sinks the beams of light. There is an Arm that n…
The things we do today - sowing seeds, or sharing simple truths of Christ - people will someday refer to as the first things that prompted them to th… - George Matheson
The things we do today - sowing seeds, or sharing simple truths of Christ - people will someday refer to as the first things that prompted them to th…
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee : I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fulle… - George Matheson
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee : I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fulle…
We conquer by continuing. - George Matheson
We conquer by continuing.
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