Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.
– Count Zinzendorf –
Death
The Spirit of Martyrdom – George Whitefield
We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.
– George Whitefield –
Death is a gain – Charles Spurgeon
The Christian need not dread sickness, for he has nothing to lose, but everything to gain, by death.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Are you a doer or a talker? – John Bunyan
At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
– John Bunyan –
Thinking about the Second Coming – Alexander MacLaren
The apostolic [early] church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory.
– Alexander MacLaren –
Death is the gate of endless joy – Charles Spurgeon
Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Christians are to be happy at their death – Thomas Watson
See how happy are God’s saints at their death! They go to a kingdom! They see God’s face, which shines ten thousand times brighter than the sun in its meridian glory! They enter eternal glory, which is the quintessence of all delights!
– Thomas Watson –
Great things through grief – Randy Alcorn
I am asking Jesus to bring great things into my life through my grief.
– Randy Alcorn –
Waiting Souls – Thomas Brooks
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him (Lam 3:25). Waiting souls, remember this assurance is yours, but the time of the giving it is the Lord’s; the jewel is yours, but the season in which he will give it is in his own hand: the gold chain is yours, but he only knows the hour wherein he will put it about your necks.
Well! Wait patiently and quietly, wait expectantly, wait believingly, wait affectionately, and wait diligently, and you shall find that scripture made good in power upon your souls, “Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry,” (Heb 10:37, Hab 2:3).
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654