The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
– John Milton –
1608 – 1674 AD
Miscellaneous Quote
Prayer Carries Us to the Throne – Augustus Toplady
As the sails of a ship carry it into the harbor, so prayer carries us to the throne and bosom of God.
– Augustus Toplady –
1740-1778 AD
Faith and Prayer – Vavasor Powell
A saint is to put forth his faith in prayer, and afterwards follow his prayer with faith.
– Vavasor Powell –
1617-1670 AD
Around or On the Cross? – Steve Hill
Religion is hanging around the cross; Christianity is getting on the cross.
– Steve Hill –
He that Believes in the Light – George Fox
… for he that believes in the light, it lets him see the scriptures, the prophets, Christ and the apostles’ words, and by it they do distinguish the true prophets’ words from the false, the holy men’s words from the unholy, the sanctified from them that are not sanctified, Christ’s words from the antichrist’s, the true apostles’ words from the false. So Christ, the light, teacheth his people to believe in that which manifests all things; and they that believe in the light have the witness in themselves of Christ, in whom they do believe, they have the witness in themselves, that he is their redeemer, and savior, and their way, their truth, and their life. …
– George Fox –
Two Different Types of Fearing Sin – Andrew Willet
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” (Genesis 3:8-10 ESV)
He was more ashamed of his nakedness than of his sin. Thus do many fear rather to offend because of public shame than for any consciousness of sin just as Cain grieved more because he was made a vagabond than because he had killed his brother.
– Andrew Willet –
1562-1621
Set Your Heart on the Riches of Grace – Isaac Ambrose
O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart on the true and durable riches of grace in Christ Jesus.
– Isaac Ambrose –
Do Our Prayers Mean Something To Us? – Maltbie D. Babcock
Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.
– Maltbie D. Babcock –
Sin Has Destroyed the Capacity to See – Asbury Lowrey
Sin has not only put a film on the eye, but destroyed the capacity to see. It has ruined the faculty of spiritual insight, and struck the soul with blindness. The only perfect cure is the salve of experimental grace. A man may have all the learning in the world, and all the culture the schools can afford, and yet be a mere novice in spiritual understanding.
– Asbury Lowrey –