Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfootwas an English theologian and Bishop of Durham...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth13 April 1828
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quotes about
lasts firsts links
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.
ends
Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
dwelling self may
Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.
eternal-love triumph righteousness
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
discouraged
I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.
acceptance messages messengers
Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.
success concern
The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.
church england church-of-england
The Church in England is the Church of England.
despair spirit unfaithful
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
teaching people righteousness
To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.
long passed-away contracts
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.
helping-others trying weakness
Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.
bread majority soil
The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
success children congratulations
We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.