Conformity to the world has in all ages proved the ruin of the church. It is utterly impossible to live in nearness to God, and in friendship with the world.
- Lived
- 1744–1833
- Born
- Hawkstone Park
- Known as
- preacher, curate
- Era
- 19th century
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Works (9)
Cast thy burden on the Lord, Only lean upon His word; Thou wilt soon have cause to bless His unchanging faithfulness.
I like ejaculatory prayer; it reaches heaven before the devil can get a shot at it.
Prayer is the breath of a new-born soul, and there can be no Christian life without it.
But I am unable to reach the lofty theme; — yet I do not think that the smallest fish that swims in the boundless ocean ever complains of the immeasurable vastness of the deep. So it is with me, I can plunge with my puny capacity, into a …
We can do more good by being good than in any other way.
I do not want the walls of separation between different orders of Christians to be destroyed, but only lowered, that we may shake hands a little easier over them.
Unless you live in Christ, you are dead to God.
I have learned by experience that no man's character can be eventually injured but by his own acts.
