Thomas Chalmers

The benevolence of the Gospel lies in actions

Not till we come to a simple reliance on the blood and mediation of the Saviour, shall we know what it is either to have trust in God, or know what it is to walk before Him without fear, in righteousness and true holiness.

With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.

Be assured, my dear Anne, that it is only by taking our lesson from God and doing the will of God, that we can either please Him in time, or be happy with Him in eternity.

The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.

O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee!

O God, impress upon me the value of time, and give regulation to all my thoughts and to all my movements.

The Bible is like a wide and beautiful landscape seen afar off, dim and confused; but a good telescope will bring it near, and spread out all its rocks and trees and flowers and v__ulant fields and winding rivers at one's very feet. That …

Christ came to give us a justifying righteousness, and He also came to make us holy — not chiefly for the purpose of evidencing here our possession of a justifying righteousness — but for the purpose of forming and fitting us for a blessed …

I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.

This character wherewith we sink into the grave at death is the very character wherewith we shall reappear at the resurrection.