Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren
faith doe christ
There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it.
doe needs dread
He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust.
kindness sorrow doe
Kindness does not require us to be blind to facts or to live in fancies, but it does require us to cherish a habit of goodwill, ready to show pity if sorrow appears, and slow to turn away even if hostility appears.
giving sorrow doe
God gives us power to bear all the sorrows of His making; but He does not give us power to bear the sorrows of our own making, which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is.
heart support doe
That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support.
men doe reason
Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a good reason for what he does, and has a will in doing it.
lord shall whom
Only he who can say, ''The Lord is my strength,'' can say, ''Of whom shall I be afraid?''
barren coasts fallen flying grace lies passed says summer
'The grace of God,'' says Luther, ''is like a flying summer shower.'' It has fallen upon more than one land, and passed on. Judea had it, and lies barren and dry. These Asiatic coasts had it, and flung it away.
barren coasts fallen flying grace lies passed says summer
''The grace of God,'' says Luther, ''is like a flying summer shower.'' It has fallen upon more than one land, and passed on. Judea had it, and lies barren and dry. These Asiatic coasts had it, and flung it away.
heaven holiness christ
Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness.
spiritual men understanding
Unbelief is criminal because it is a moral act, an act of the whole nature.-Belief or unbelief is a test of a man's whole spiritual condition, because it is the whole being, affections, will, conscience, as well as the understanding, which are concerned in it.
dark light long
Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.
jesus two sin
Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.
children father cry
My child, wilt thou not at this time cry unto me, 'Abba, Father?'