Deep thoughts and reflections on life, hope, love, forgiveness, God’s grace, charity, courage, conversion, etc. by prominent preachers.
The danger and deceitful influence of riches, their tendency to turn our thoughts away from another world, and drown such concern for the soul as providences or preachers may have awakened, in the cup of pleasure, is awfully expressed in the saying of the Lord, “It is easier for a camel to go through the … Read more
I don’t believe we would have had such a blessing in New York during these meetings, if it had not been for these hard times. When men get their millions, and hoard them up, I think it is the very best thing that can happen to them to have the Lord come and take their … Read more
Heaven is the place of victory and triumph. This is the battle-field; there is the triumphal procession. This is the land of the sword and the spear; that is the land of the wreath and the crown. Oh, what a thrill of joy will shoot through the hearts of all the blessed when their conquests … Read more
Occasionally a benevolent action wrought in faith brings with it an instantaneous recompense in kind; therein Providence is seen as smiling upon the deed. The late John Andrew Jones, a poor Baptist minister, whilst walking in Cheapside, was appealed to for help by some one he knew. He had but a shilling in the world, … Read more
Others may have filled the world with the breath of their name; he has helped to fill Heaven; others may have won an earthly renown; but he who, a Christian himself, has sought to make others Christians—who, reaching the rock himself, draws another, a perishing child, friend, brother, neighbor, up—plucked from the flood himself, pulls … Read more
Am I poor? He cannot be poor to whom God’s angels come every day and every night Have I no riches here? I have all that every man owns on this earth, and all that God owns besides. I am an heir of God. I am joint heir with Jesus Christ. You say, “That is … Read more
Last night I saw a faint yellow light struggling with feeble timidity against some angry clouds; they gathered against the light as if determined to shut it out; and the pale moon seemed too languid for resistance, but the breeze came to help her; the thickening clouds were broken, and the moon seemed to take … Read more
Cheer up men and women of unappreciated services. You will get your reward, if not here, hereafter. When Charles Wesley comes up to judgment, and the thousands of souls which were wafted into glory through his songs shall be enumerated, he will take his throne. When John Wesley will come up to judgment his name … Read more
Who saw the rolling waves stand up a rocky wall; who saw the water of Cana flow out rich purple wine; who saw Lazarus’s festering corpse, with health glowing on its cheek, and its arms enfolding sisters ready to faint with joy, saw nothing to match the change the grave shall work on these mouldering … Read more
We ought not to look upon death as we do. Bishop Heber has written of a dead friend! “Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrow and darkness encompass the tomb; Thy Savior has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of His love is thy guide … Read more