Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil
Richard Cecilwas a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1748
motivation inspiration men
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats it on every side to see if there be any flaw in it. So Christ doth not presently after he hath converted a man, convey him to heaven; but suffers him first to be beaten upon by many temptations and then exalts him to his crown.
loss men years
Time can take nothing from the BIBLE. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its light and influence to man this day which it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and console every present loss
philosophy men grace
Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.
wise horse men
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.
grateful humble men
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.
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.
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.
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 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.
book character men
Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.
affirm assumes concerned conduct entitled government interests number reference states united universal whatever whose
The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for whose conduct it assumes no responsibility, that its interests are necessarily concerned in whatever may be
church looks mean preachers
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.
time
If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.
simple worship savory
Let family worship be short, savory, simple, plain, tender, heavenly.