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We must see the hand of God in everything; and receive everything as from Him; and do everything as for Him; making His will the rule, and His glory the end, of all our actions.  At the same time, we must walk with Him, and delight ourselves in Him, and maintain sweet fellowship with Him… Read more »

Time is precious because: 1)  A happy or miserable eternity depends on the good or ill improvement of it; 2)  It is very short.  The scarcity of any commodity occasions men to set a higher value upon it. Time is so short, and the work which we have to do in it is so great,… Read more »

Faith is to prayer what the feather is to the arrow. Thomas Watson

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another’s life, another’s death, I stake my whole eternity. Horatius Bonar

The chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. John Piper

It requires not only a power, but an almighty power, to raise the heart of man to believe. Richard Sibbes

Let my name be forgotten, let me be trodden under the feet of all men, if Jesus may thereby be glorified! George Whitefield

I bless my Lord and Master He has given me a gospel which I can take to dead sinners, a gospel which is available for the vilest of the vile. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Heaven will pay for any loss we may suffer to gain it; but nothing can pay for the loss of heaven. Richard Baxter

In whatever dunghill God’s jewels be hid, election will both find them out there and fetch them out from hence. John Arrowsmith

Joy is the serious business of heaven. C. S. Lewis

Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about man’s search for God. For me, they might as well talk about the mouse’s search for a cat. C. S. Lewis

If an unholy man were to get to heaven he would feel like a hog in a flower garden. Rowland Hill

The ground of the discrimination that exists among men is the sovereign will of God and that alone; but the ground of damnation to which the reprobate are consigned is sin and sin alone. John Calvin

Christ needs take no other revenge on a soul for refusing him . . . than to condemn such a one to have its own desire. William Gurnall

Though Christians be not kept altogether from falling, yet they are kept from falling altogether. William Secker

If God lights the candle, none can blow it out. Charles H. Spurgeon

My name from the palms of his hands eternity will not erase; impressed on His heart it remains, in marks of indelible grace. Yes, I to the end shall endure, as sure as the earnest is given; more happy, but not more secure the glorified spirits in heaven. Augustus Toplady

Some men’s passion is for gold. Some men’s passion is for art. Some men’s passion is for fame. My passion is for the souls of men! William Booth

The great weight of eternity hangs upon the small wire of time. Thomas Brooks

Yes, my Father, the times of my darling wife are in Thy hands. Thou wilt do the very best thing for her, and for me, whether life or death. If it may be, raise up yet again my precious wife – Thou are able to do it, though she is so ill; but howsoever Thou… Read more »

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the godless is a night that has no sunrise. Thomas Watson

He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliott

I desire to have both heaven and hell ever in my eye, while I stand on this isthmus of life, between two boundless oceans. John Wesley

My very dear child, What shall I say! A holy and good God has covered us with a dark cloud. O that we may kiss the rod, and lay our hands upon our mouths! The Lord has done it. He has made me adore his goodness, that we had [your father] so long. But my… Read more »

The church has nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work. It is not your business to speak so many times, but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance. John Wesley

The true living faith, which the Holy Spirit instills into the heart, simply cannot be idle. Martin Luther

If God gives you St. Paul’s faith, you will soon have St. James’s works. Augustus Toplady