Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Judson Brooks, MBE JPwas a British coal miner and politician who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament. A spiritualist, his main achievement was to lead the successful campaign to repeal the Witchcraft Act 1735...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1880
father dark house
Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.
blood forever suffering
Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever.
world christ
The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.
christian flower blessing
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.
christian heart lazy
The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.
came defense guys might rest scoring second sure talked
After the second score, the defense came over and said, 'Coach, they're not scoring again,' ... And sure enough, they didn't. Our guys did a lot of gang-tackling. You might make one or two miss, but the rest of them are coming. And that's the thing we talked about - pursuit.
means
That means a lot. But he can do more than run, he can also throw.
grace sin mark
To repent of sin is as great a mark of grace as not to sin.
conscience
It is better to have a sore than a seared conscience.
prayer heaven cold
Cold prayers always freeze before they reach heaven .
giving way sin
The giving way to a less sin makes way for the committing of a greater
sun watches christ
Christ is the sun, and all the watches of our lives should be set by the dial of his motion.
men sin worst
There is the seed of all sins--of the vilest and worst of sins--in the best of men.
lying heart secret
Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.