“Our Lord Jesus Christ did not die merely as a martyr, or as a splendid example of self-sacrifice and self-denial. Those who can see no more than that in His death, fall infinitely short of the truth. They lose sight of the very foundation-stone of Christianity, […]
“No king’s management is so freely canvassed and censured by the subjects, as the King of heaven’s management in this world is by the hearts of men. An all-wise Providence guides the world, in every particular; but where is the man that has not some quarrel […]
“Can we wish, if it were possible, to walk in a path strewed with flowers when His was strewed with thorns?” John Newton
Some believers are very surprised when they are called to suffer. They thought they would do some great thing for God, but all God permits them to do is to suffer. Just suppose you could speak with those who have gone to be with the Lord; […]