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Alexander Maclaren Quotes

The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so much work Picture Quote #1

The never ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds Picture Quote #1

Life should be a constant vision of God's presence. Here is our defense against being led away by the gauds and shows of Earth's vulgar attractions Picture Quote #1

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary Picture Quote #1

If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good Picture Quote #1

Nothing but Christian faith gives to the furthest future the solidity and definiteness which it must have if it is to be a breakwater for us against the fluctuating sea of present cares and thoughts Picture Quote #1

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That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support Picture Quote #1

The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself - are identical Picture Quote #1

If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether Picture Quote #1

Our work, abiding, shall bring to us the endless glory with which God at last overpays the toils, even as now He overanswers the poor prayers of His laboring servants Picture Quote #1

Dear brethren, make your choice. Fight you must. Are you going to win or be beaten? Make your choice of the image you must bear. Whose? Picture Quote #1

Conflict, not progress, is the word that defines man's path from darkness into light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour Picture Quote #1

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Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present Picture Quote #1

It was a deep true thought which the old painters had, when they drew John as likest to his Lord. Love makes us like Picture Quote #1

Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt; the other, all pity Picture Quote #1

The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father Picture Quote #1

Given a man full of faith, you will have a man tenacious in purpose, absorbed in one grand object, simple in his motives, in whom selfishness has been driven out by the power of a mightier love, and indolence stirred into unwearied energy Picture Quote #1

The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifixion of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history Picture Quote #1

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It is easy to say resist; but the command is bitter irony, unless we go on to say with the New Testament, whom resist steadfast in the faith. No man, my dear brother, can stand in the slippery places where we have to go, unless he have the grasp of a higher and stronger hand to keep him up Picture Quote #1

Ordinary human motives will appeal in vain to the ears which have heard the tones of the heavenly music; and all the pomp of life will show poor and tawdry to the sight that has gazed on the vision of the great white throne and the crystal sea Picture Quote #1

Christ by His intercession is able to save thee beyond the horizon and largest compass of thy thoughts, even to the utmost. In danger Christ lashes us to Himself, as Alpine guides do when there is perilous ice to get over Picture Quote #1

Christ's voice sounds now for each of us in loving invitation; and dead in sin and hardness of heart though we be, we can listen and live. Christ Himself, my brother, sows the seed now. Do you take care that it falls not on, but in, your souls Picture Quote #1

Grieve not the Christ of God, who redeems us; and remember that we grieve Him most when we will not let Him pour His love upon us, but turn a sullen, unresponsive unbelief towards His pleading grace, as some glacier shuts out the sunshine from the mountain side with it's thick ribbed ice Picture Quote #1

Christ puts Himself at the head of the mystic march of the generations; and. Like the mysterious aneel that Joshua saw in the plain by Jericho, makes the lofty claim, nay, but as the captain of the Lord's host am I come up Picture Quote #1

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Remember that vision on the Mount of Transfiguration; and let it be ours, even in the glare of Earthly joys and brightnesses, to lift up our eyes, like those wondering three, and see no man any more, save Jesus only Picture Quote #1

The act of faith, which separates us from all men, unites us for the first time in real brotherhood; and they who, one by one, come to Jesus and meet Him alone, next find that they are come to the city of God and to an innumerable company Picture Quote #1

He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust Picture Quote #1

Sorrow and loss are meant to prepare us for the vision of God to purge the inward eye that it may see Him Picture Quote #1

Embrace in one act the two truths - thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ Picture Quote #1

Let the current of your being set towards God, then your life will be filled and calmed by one master - passion which unites and stills the soul Picture Quote #1

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The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so much work (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) The never ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Life should be a constant vision of God's presence. Here is our defense against being led away by the gauds and shows of Earth's vulgar attractions (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Nothing but Christian faith gives to the furthest future the solidity and definiteness which it must have if it is to be a breakwater for us against the fluctuating sea of present cares and thoughts (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself - are identical (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Our work, abiding, shall bring to us the endless glory with which God at last overpays the toils, even as now He overanswers the poor prayers of His laboring servants (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Dear brethren, make your choice. Fight you must. Are you going to win or be beaten? Make your choice of the image you must bear. Whose? (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Conflict, not progress, is the word that defines man's path from darkness into light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) It was a deep true thought which the old painters had, when they drew John as likest to his Lord. Love makes us like (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt; the other, all pity (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Given a man full of faith, you will have a man tenacious in purpose, absorbed in one grand object, simple in his motives, in whom selfishness has been driven out by the power of a mightier love, and indolence stirred into unwearied energy (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifixion of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) It is easy to say resist; but the command is bitter irony, unless we go on to say with the New Testament, whom resist steadfast in the faith. No man, my dear brother, can stand in the slippery places where we have to go, unless he have the grasp of a higher and stronger hand to keep him up (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Ordinary human motives will appeal in vain to the ears which have heard the tones of the heavenly music; and all the pomp of life will show poor and tawdry to the sight that has gazed on the vision of the great white throne and the crystal sea (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Christ by His intercession is able to save thee beyond the horizon and largest compass of thy thoughts, even to the utmost. In danger Christ lashes us to Himself, as Alpine guides do when there is perilous ice to get over (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Christ's voice sounds now for each of us in loving invitation; and dead in sin and hardness of heart though we be, we can listen and live. Christ Himself, my brother, sows the seed now. Do you take care that it falls not on, but in, your souls (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Grieve not the Christ of God, who redeems us; and remember that we grieve Him most when we will not let Him pour His love upon us, but turn a sullen, unresponsive unbelief towards His pleading grace, as some glacier shuts out the sunshine from the mountain side with it's thick ribbed ice (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Christ puts Himself at the head of the mystic march of the generations; and. Like the mysterious aneel that Joshua saw in the plain by Jericho, makes the lofty claim, nay, but as the captain of the Lord's host am I come up (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Remember that vision on the Mount of Transfiguration; and let it be ours, even in the glare of Earthly joys and brightnesses, to lift up our eyes, like those wondering three, and see no man any more, save Jesus only (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) The act of faith, which separates us from all men, unites us for the first time in real brotherhood; and they who, one by one, come to Jesus and meet Him alone, next find that they are come to the city of God and to an innumerable company (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Sorrow and loss are meant to prepare us for the vision of God to purge the inward eye that it may see Him (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Embrace in one act the two truths - thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ (Alexander Maclaren Quotes) Let the current of your being set towards God, then your life will be filled and calmed by one master - passion which unites and stills the soul (Alexander Maclaren Quotes)

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