Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Judson Brooks, MBE JPwas a British coal miner and politician who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament. A spiritualist, his main achievement was to lead the successful campaign to repeal the Witchcraft Act 1735...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1880
heaven firsts steps
The first step toward heaven, is to see ourselves near hell.
taken play bait
He that will play with Satan's bait, will quickly be taken with Satan's hook.
humility nurse grace
Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.
heart men christ
Every thing that a man leans upon but God, will be a dart that will certainly pierce his heart through and through. He who leans only upon Christ, lives the highest, choicest, safest, and sweetest life.
two world christ
The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world.
giving long honor
What is honor, and riches, and the favor of creatures - so long as I lack the favor of God, the pardon of my sins, a saving interest in Christ, and the hope of glory! O Lord, give me these, or I die! Give me these, or else I shall eternally die!
jesus prayer hearing
God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6].
heart sorrow sin
True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans...
dream pain shadow
What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!
christian sweet peace
It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian.
struggle grace affliction
When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes.
church doctrine should
A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life.
ice fire earth
The greatest and the hottest fires that ever were on earth are but ice in comparison to the fire of hell.
prayer heaven house
A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.