Unlocking The Wisdom Of Alexander Maclaren: Top Quotes
“Unless we are wedded to Jesus Christ by the simple act of trust in His mercy and His power, Christ is nothing to us.” Alexander Maclaren
“There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond toil.” Alexander Maclaren
“Christ wrought out His perfect obedience as a man, through temptation, and by suffering.” Alexander Maclaren
“The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. ” He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Alexander Maclaren
“Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my religious position and character.” Alexander Maclaren
“Our work, abiding, shall bring to us the endless glory with which God at last overpays the toils, even as now He overanswers the poor prayers of His laboring servants.” Alexander Maclaren
“No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.” Alexander Maclaren
“It was a deep true thought which the old painters had, when they drew John as likest to his Lord. Love makes us like.” Alexander Maclaren
“The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself — are identical.” Alexander Maclaren
“The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so much work.” Alexander Maclaren
“Dear brethren, make your choice. Fight you must. Are you going to win or be beaten? Make your choice of the image you must bear. Whose?” Alexander Maclaren
“Life should be a constant vision of God’s presence. Here is our defense against being led away by the gauds and shows of earth’s vulgar attractions.” Alexander Maclaren
“The vision of the Divine presence ever takes the form which our circumstances most require.” Alexander Maclaren
“If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether.” Alexander Maclaren
“Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness.” Alexander Maclaren
“Duty is duty, conscience is conscience, right is right, and wrong is wrong, whatever sized type they may be printed in. ” Large” or “small” are not words for the vocabulary of conscience. Alexander Maclaren
“That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support.” Alexander Maclaren
“If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good.” Alexander Maclaren
“The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds.” Alexander Maclaren
“Turn your confidence and your fears alike into prayer.” Alexander Maclaren
“The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history.” Alexander Maclaren
“Love Christ, and then the eternity in the heart will not be a great aching void, but will be filled with the everlasting life which Christ gives and is.” Alexander Maclaren
“Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.” Alexander Maclaren
“You must cast yourself on God’s gospel with all your weight, without any hanging back, without any doubt, without even the shadow of a suspicion that it will give.” Alexander Maclaren
“Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart.” Alexander Maclaren
“Let us imitate Him who sought the mountain-tops as His refreshment after toil, but never left duties undone or sufferers unrelieved in pain.” Alexander Maclaren
“He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust.” Alexander Maclaren
“The cross is the centre of the world’s history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifixion of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve.” Alexander Maclaren
“Christ has given us, not only the ritual of an ordinance, but the pattern for our lives, when He took the cup, and gave thanks.” Alexander Maclaren
“We believe that to Christ belongs creative power — that “without Him was not any thing made which was made.” We believe that from Him came all life at first.” Alexander Maclaren
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