Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfootwas an English theologian and Bishop of Durham...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth13 April 1828
teaching people righteousness
To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.
struggle dark veils
The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.
may teach take-me
Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.
despair spirit unfaithful
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
church england church-of-england
The Church in England is the Church of England.
giving spirit cowardice
God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.
success concern
The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.
acceptance messages messengers
Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.
discouraged
I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.
eternal-love triumph righteousness
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
ends
Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
lasts firsts links
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.
brother helping christ
God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.
inspirational inspiring leadership
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.