Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits Psalm 103:1–2 God’s children, when they have tasted of his mercy, break forth into his praise This is […]
From the greatness and immensity of God… Your soul must reverently stay all its busy, bold inquiries, and know that God is to us, and to every creature, incomprehensible. If you could fathom or measure Him, and know His greatness by a comprehensive knowledge, He were […]
Have you never beheld a condemned prisoner dissolved into tears upon the unexpected and unmerited receipt of a pardon, who all the time before was as hard as a flint? The hammer of the law may break the icy heart of a man with terrors and […]
Self-love may be the foundation of a supposed love to God Self-love, through the exercise of a mere natural gratitude, may be the foundation of a sort of love to God many ways. A kind of love may arise from a false notion of God that […]
If you neglect to instruct [children] in the way of holiness, will the devil [and the world and their own nature] neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if you will not teach them to pray, he will to curse, swear, and lie. […]