Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren
blunders duties interpret letting mostly wishes
Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties
mistake fool sin
Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"
sky light might
Why should we live halfway up the hill and swathed in the mists, when we might have an unclouded sky and a radiant sun over our heads if we would climb higher and walk in the light of His face?
appear bears doth glory growing heaven sea shall wave
In heaven after ''ages of ages'' of growing glory, we shall have to say, as each new wave of the shoreless, sunlit sea bears us onward, ''It doth not yet appear what we shall be.''
giving grows knows lies living loses sure
All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.
barren coasts fallen flying grace lies passed says summer
''The grace of God,'' says Luther, ''is like a flying summer shower.'' It has fallen upon more than one land, and passed on. Judea had it, and lies barren and dry. These Asiatic coasts had it, and flung it away.
barren coasts fallen flying grace lies passed says summer
'The grace of God,'' says Luther, ''is like a flying summer shower.'' It has fallen upon more than one land, and passed on. Judea had it, and lies barren and dry. These Asiatic coasts had it, and flung it away.
past safe forget
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.
christian christian-inspirational lord
Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"
humility waiting soul
Be sure that your soul is never so intensely alive as when in the deepest abnegation it waits hushed before God .
prayer waiting thankfulness
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
christian love-is giving
The manliness of Christian love, and the putting away from ourselves of all fear, because we are " perfected in love," is one of the highest lessons that the gospel teaches us, and one of the greatest things which the gospel gives us.
easter believe world
We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.
trouble absence presence-of-god
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.