Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil
Richard Cecilwas a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1748
men mind trying
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.
bible old-and-new schemes
The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other.
evil good-evil unbelief
Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse.
humility dust way
Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.
sorrow affliction bitterness
In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.
running lying men
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.
mystery revelations providence
Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.
settling easier
It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.
lying men gold
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.
prayer thinking soul
We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think.
christian prayer hours
The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.
prayer men soul
The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let it be remembered, that it was practised only by a lost soul and without success.
children prayer father
Our Heavenly Father always sends His children the things they ask, or better things.
motivational self will-and-determination
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.