Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henrywas a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales, United Kingdom but spending much of his life in England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth18 October 1662
christian firsts gods-will
Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.
hands doctrine teach
Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
christian school self
The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.
people firsts praying
When God intends great mercy for his people, he first of all sets them praying.
christian truth-is behavior
The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.
atheist men sin
No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.
worship enough ifs
It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.
christ empty
None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves.
christian lasts last-day
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.
hate justice-of-god grace
None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.
prayer said
The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
prayer practice may
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
feet heaven needs
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
kindness children errors
We best oppose error by promoting a solid knowledge of the word of truth, and the greatest kindness we can do to children, is to make them early to know the Bible.