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Quotes by Richard Cecil
It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.— filed under Action
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.— filed under Affliction
I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the same hand. I see it, indeed, write at times mysteriously in each of these books; thus I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.— filed under Bible
The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other. -— filed under Bible
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.— filed under Christian Service
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.— filed under Duty
If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.— filed under Evil Speaking
The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.— filed under Fellowship With Christ And God
To know Jesus Christ for ourselves is to make Him a consolation, delight, strength, righteousness, companion, and end. -— filed under Fellowship With Christ And God
The true Christian, who has the spirit of Jesus, will say, as Ruth said to Naomi, "Whither thou goest, I will go;" whatever difficulties and dangers may be in the way.— filed under Following Jesus
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine Like quiet night. Lead me, O Lord, till perfect day shall shine Through peace to light! The Christian will sometimes be brought to walk in a solitary path. God seems to cut away his props, that He may reduce him to Himself. His religion is to be felt as a personal, particular, appropriate possession. He is to feel, that, as there is but one Jehovah to bless, so there seems to him as though there were but one penitent in the universe to be blessed by Him.— filed under God's Guidance
The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible. The shallow brook babbles on its passage, and is heard by every one; but the coming on of the seasons is silent and unseen. The storm rages and alarms; but its fury is soon exhausted, and its effects are partial and soon remedied; but the dew, though gentle and unheard, is immense in quantity, and the very life of large portions of the earth. And these are pictures of the operations of grace in the church and in the soul. -— filed under Holy Spirit
The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.— filed under Home
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.— filed under Humility
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim - that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.— filed under Indolence
The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible stands in their way. Bible stands in their way. It prohibits the indulgence of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.— filed under Infidelity
I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.— filed under Love
In viewing the scheme of redemption, I seem like one viewing a vast and complicated machine of exquisite contrivance ; what I comprehend of it is wonderful, what I do not, is, perhaps, more so still.— filed under Mystery
Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.— filed under Mystery
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: - they acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced in His will in all things.— filed under Obedience
Let family worship be short, savory, simple, plain, tender, heavenly.— filed under Prayer
Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.— filed under Regeneration
Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart. -— filed under Religion
Beware of a religion of mere sentiment which gazes and sighs and wishes, but makes no sacrifice, which hides the cross with flowers, and wears it over, but not within the heart. Beware of a religion which costs you nothing, never rises an hour earlier, never denies itself a pleasure, never gives that which it will miss, for the sake of Christ and the soul, If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty. There is something in religion, when rightly comprehended, that is masculine and grand. It removes those little desires which are the constant hectic of a fool.— filed under Religion
A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. The very heart and root of sin is in an independent spirit. We erect the idol self; and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves.— filed under Selfishness
Never was there a man of deep piety, who has not been brought into extremities - who has not been put into fire who has been taught to say, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him."— filed under Trials
What dost thou fear? His wisdom reigns Supreme, confessed; His power is infinite; His love Thy deepest, fondest dreams above, So trust and rest. A friend called on me when I was ill, to settle some business. My head was too much confused by my indisposition to understand fully what he said, but I had such unlimited confidence in him, that I did whatever he bid me, in the fullest assurance that it was right. How simply I can trust in man, and how little in God! How unreasonable is a pure act of faith in one like ourselves, if we cannot repose the same faith in God.— filed under Trust In God