Death is but a passage. It is not a house, it is only a vestibule. The grave has a door on its inner side.

- Alexander Maclaren

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible.…

- Alexander Maclaren

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

- Alexander Maclaren

The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for a c…

- Alexander Maclaren

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

- Alexander Maclaren

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

- Alexander Maclaren

The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so muc…

- Alexander Maclaren

The Gospel is not a mere message of deliverance, but a canon of conduct; it is not a theology to be accepted, but it is ethics to be lived. It is not…

- Alexander Maclaren

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

- Alexander Maclaren