Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson, known as Robertson of Brighton, was an English divine...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 February 1816
lonely truth two
He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise.
women two rocks
Women and God are the two rocks on which a man must either anchor or be wrecked.
two dying hours
There is a two-fold solemnity which belongs to the dying hour-it is the winding up of life, and it is the commencement of eternity.
love two perfect
Marriage is not a union merely between two creatures - it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the nature of both.
struggle evil waiting
Do you want to learn holiness with terrible struggles and sore affliction and the plague of much remaining evil? Then wait before you turn to God.
improved men refined
Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.
love union
Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits.
aim impart kindle teacher
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.
forgiveness strong long
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God's love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit of forgiveness.
christian wine water
To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.
religious humble men
... religious controversy does only harm. It destroys humble inquiry after truth, and throws all the energies into an attempt to prove ourselves right-a spirit in which no man gets at truth.
strong believe doubt
To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power.
home men earth
A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities.
noble spirit duty
If the duties before us be not noble, let us ennoble them by doing them in a noble spirit; we become reconciled to life if we live in the spirit of Him who reconciled the life of God with the lowly duties of servants.