Quotes 4 Aug 17

How fast we learn in the day of sorrow!  Scripture
shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems
to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in
illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood
become in a moment plain. -Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)In Burning Words of Brilliant Writers_ [1895])

Remorse is the poison of life.-"Edward Rochester"(A character in Emily Bronte's_Jane Eyre_ [1847], Chapter 14)

There is one thing that is very rare;true sorrow over one's sin.-Soren Kierkegaar(1813-1855)_Without Authority_ [1850]

Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin -Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
      _Disciples Indeed_ [19

"John Profumo, whose high-flying political career ended in a Cold War
scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement,
died at around midnight Thursday, according to a statement issued
today by London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital. . . . [A]fter his
fall, he withdrew permanently from public office, refused to discuss
the scandal and, instead, turned to charitable work among the poor in
the hardscrabble East End of London. " -March 10, 2006, New York Times obituary of Profumo.