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.
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.
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.
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.
heaven pathways sin
This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.
odds shrinking tomorrow
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.
reflection energy strange
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.