Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil
Richard Cecilwas a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1748
eye dying events
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.
evil speak feels
If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.
redemption machines wonderful
In viewing the scheme of redemption, I seem like one viewing a vast and complicated machine of exquisite contrivance; what I comprehend of it is wonderful, what I do not, is, perhaps, more so still.
worst folly prepare-for-the-worst
Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
grateful humble men
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.
philosophy men grace
Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.
loss men years
Time can take nothing from the BIBLE. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its light and influence to man this day which it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and console every present loss
thinking suffering bears
Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.
punctuality method hinges
Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.
laughing leafs spears
Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.
yield joy tears
He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest.
soul famine unbelief
Unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine.
simplicity vehement eloquence
Eloquence is vehement simplicity.
motivation inspiration men
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats it on every side to see if there be any flaw in it. So Christ doth not presently after he hath converted a man, convey him to heaven; but suffers him first to be beaten upon by many temptations and then exalts him to his crown.