Though the Beams Are Taken Away - Jeremiah Burroughs

Though the beams are taken away, yet the sun remains the same in the firmament as ever it was.

Taken from the book The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

By Jeremiah Burroughs 1648 

Before I Can See Anything - Richard Sibbes

There must be Spirit in me as there is Spirit in the Scriptures, before I can see anything.

Richard Sibbes 1577-1635

Lead Me That I May Know How I Ought To Declare - William Burns

How hard it is to unite in just proportions the humbling doctrine of man's inability to come to Christ without regeneration, and the free gospel offer which is the moral means employed by God in conversion! Oh! Spirit of Jesus, my Saviour, lead me, a poor, ignorant, and self-conceited sinner, to the experience of this great mystery of grace, that I may know how I ought to declare thy glorious gospel to perishing fellow-sinners! Amen.

William Burns, Scottish Missionary to China 1815-1868

 

It Is Essential That We Should Have Faith If - Charles Spurgeon

"According to your faith be it unto you."(Matt 9:29)  It is essential, then, that we should have faith if we are to be useful, and that we should have great faith if we are to be greatly useful.

Charles Spurgeon  1834-1892

 

We Must Grow Downwards In Humility to - Charles Simeon

Watch continually over your own spirit, and do all in love; we must grow downwards in humility to soar heavenward.

Charles Simeon 1759-1836

When I Hear a Knock I Hear - John Newton

John Newton was not bothered by the telephone, but he was by people coming to his home. He said, "When I hear a knock at my study door, I hear a message from God; it may be a message of instruction; perhaps a lesson of patience; but, since it is His message, it must be interesting.''

John Newton 1725-1807

Quoted in the book On Being a Pastor by Derek Prime and Alistair Begg

We do not meditate so that we may - Thomas Manton

We do not meditate that we may rest in contemplation, but in order to obedience.

 

Thomas Manton 1620-1677