old Christian quotes

Storms are Temporary – William Gurnall

Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour?

– William Gurnall –


Reprove and Praise – Thomas Adams

It was well done of Paul to reprove Peter to his face, and it was well done of Peter, to praise Paul in his absence.

– Thomas Adams –


Christians Nourish Each Other – John Bunyan

Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.

– John Bunyan –


The Well-Defined Spiritual Life – Henry Drummond

The well-defined spiritual life is not only the highest life, but it is also the most easily lived. The whole cross is more easily carried than the half. It is the man who tries to make the best of both worlds who makes nothing of either. And he who seeks to serve two masters misses the benediction of both.

– Henry Drummond –


White Holy Resolution – William Gurnall

Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves.

– William Gurnall –