Quotes 10 Apr 18

Chance is a nickname for Providence.--Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) _Maxims And Thoughts_ [1805]

Of ourselves we know no more about the nature of God than beetles know about the nature of humans - Zwingli

We need to know the difference between how things are, and how they ought to be, or what do we live and die for?- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5565939/PETER-HITCHENS-did-French-hero-Arnaud-Bertrame-life-save-Christianity.html#ixzz5BtWoeIEv

“The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.” - Martin Luther

Marx's real title to greatness and certainly his greatest claim upon the gratitude of the working-class rests on his discovery of the truth that history is but the record of class struggles ....with each succeeding struggle the boundaries of human freedom have been enlarged and now that his theory is that the record of class and now the final stage of the struggle has been entered upon. It was the inspired vision of Karl Marx which first formulated as scientific facts the inevitable coming of the glorious time. Little wonder that his memory is consecrated treasure enshrined in the hearts of millions of the best men and women of all lands - Keir Hardie, Karl Marx the man and his message 1910 page 30quoted in Labour and the Gulag.  Giles Udy  Page 63

Quotes 7 Apr 18

You can never hear God speak if your mouth is running all the time. God doesn't scream, he whispers.- unknown

He who denies hell shouldn't think "he has the slightest understanding of what Jesus came into the world to say and do.- unk

Mark Twain loved to brag about his hunting and 

fishing exploits. He once spent three weeks fishing 

in the Maine woods, regardless of the fact it was 

the state's closed season for fishing. Relaxing in 

the lounge car of the train on his return journey to 

New York, his catch iced down in the baggage car, 

he looked for someone to whom he could relate 

the story of his successful holiday. The stranger 

to whom he began to boast of his sizable catch 

appeared at first unresponsive, then positively 

grim. 'By the way, who are you, sir?' inquired 

Twain airily. 'I'm the state game warden,' was 

the unwelcome response. 'Who are you?' Twain 

nearly swallowed his cigar. 'Well, to be perfectly 

truthful, warden,' he said hastily, 'I'm the biggest 

damn liar in the whole United States.' 

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ 

edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard [2000 ed.] 

"What should I think of my child, if I found that he limited his faith in me and hope from me to the few promises he had heard me utter! The faith that limits itself to the promises of God, seems to me to partake of the paltry character of such a faith in my child—good enough for a Pagan, but for a Christian a miserable and wretched faith. Those who rest in such a faith would feel yet more comfortable if they had God’s bond instead of His word, which they regard not as the outcome of His character but as a pledge of His honour. They try to believe in the truth of His word, but the truth of His Being they understand not. In His oath they persuade themselves that they put confidence: in himself they do not believe, for they know Him not.... George MacDonald (1824-1905), “The Higher Faith”, in Unspoken Sermons [First Series]"

As Tom Shaw told the conference 'the Russian Bolsheviks were immensely superior to our government in candour, truth and doing things in the light of day 'The Times 14 August 1920 quoted in Labour and the Gulag.  Giles Udy Page 31

Quotes 6 Apr 18

Christianity has died many times and risen again,
for it has a God who knew his way out of the grave.
     --G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
      _The Everlasting Man_ [1925]

“When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.”- Spurgeon:

All who find Christ for themselves are impelled, by the holy necessity of constraining love, to seek the salvation of others. —Andrew Bonar

Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
     --George Herbert (1593-1633)
      _The Temple_ [1633], "The Church Porch"

A man is justified in lying to protect the honour
of a woman or to promote public policy.
--Woodrow Wilson (1856—1924)
December 1912 remark to Col. Edward House, in Thomas A Bailey
_Presidential Greatness: The Image and the Man from George
Washington to the Present_ [1966].

Quotes 5 Apr 18

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes
every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
     --Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)
      (In R. Scott Frothingham's _The Words
       And Wisdom Of Elbert Hubbard_ [2013],
      "Quotable Quotes"

But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said
when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon
him for the funeral expenses.
--Jerome K Jerome (1859—1927)
_Three Men in a Boat_, ch. 3 [1889]

Making your kids pay through the nose when
you die is often the only payback for that "tuition"
money they spent on beer.
--Bill Maher (1956-    )
      _New Rules_ [2005], "Bargain Bins"

Now, recollect there is no pain in death, the pain
is in life: when a man dies there is an end of
life's pain: death is the pain killer, not the
pain maker.
     --Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
      _Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit_, Volume 19 [1873]

And they shall not be afraid of destruction, no, not
when they see it coming; nor of the beasts of the
field when they set upon them, nor of men as cruel
as beasts.  Nay, at destruction and famine thou
shalt laugh.
Blessed Paul laughed at destruction when he said,
"O death!  Where is thy sting?"
 --Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
      _Commentary On The Whole Bible_ [1981], "Job 5:22"

Quotes 4 Apr 18

Remember remember however that he who scales mountain heights and reaches lofty peaks finds breathing difficult And it is especially true of the kingdom of heaven. That summits of achievement are also climaxes of anxiety acmes of conflict....the heights of attainment in the life of grace are places of awful tension - "Christ in His Suffering" Klaas Schilder Page 17

There are more fools than wise men, and even
in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
     --Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794)
      (In E. P. Mathers'
      _Maxims and Considerations_ [1926])

April 1st is the day upon which we are reminded of
what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four.
     --Mark Twain (1835-1910)
      (In Allan Gatt's _Here Lies Wisdom_ [2008])

And not a girl goes walking,
Along the Cotswold lanes;
But knows men's eyes in April,
Are quicker than their brains.
     --John Drinkwater (1882-1937)
      _Cotswold Love_ [1929] (song)

Better that a girl has beauty than brains because
boys see better than they think.
     --Unknown
      (In Robert Byrne's _2,548 Best Things Anybody
       Ever Said_ [2003], #557)

Quotes 3 Apr 18

Jesus also stands in many a church. He stands in many an orthodox churches in which the preacher by a beautiful sermon has caused tears to fall here and there.He has described rather than prophesied. His is a church where Jesus was pictured and Christ was not proclaimed. - K Schilder, Christ Crucified, 1970 reprint Page 67

The shortness of time, the certainty of death, and the
instability of all things here induce me to turn my
thoughts from earth to heaven.
     --Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879)
      (In Tracy Quinn's _Quotable Women of the
       Twentieth Century_ [1999], "Spirituality")

"Our obligations are boundless; our love should be fervent and our repentance thorough." —Spurgeon

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
     --William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ [1595-1596];  Act 3, Scene

I enjoy vast delight in the folly of mankind; and,
God be praised, that is an inexhaustible source
of entertainment.
     --Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
      _Letter to the Countess of Mar_

Quotes 2 Apr 18

"The proper epitaph to write for a Christian believer is not a dismal and uncertain petition, 'R.I.P.' (*requiescat in pace*, 'may he rest in peace'), but a joyful and certain affirmation 'C.A.D.' ('Christ abolished death'). John Stott, 'The Message of Two Timothy' (Leicester: IVP, 2003), p.40.

Repentance is a spiritual medicine made up of six special ingredients:
1. Sight of sin
2. Sorrow for sin
3. Confession of sin
4. Shame for sin
5. Hatred for sin
6. Turning from sin
-Thomas Watson

GD: You recently labelled Steve Chalke’s message anti-Christ, yet you have also referred to Pope Benedict XVI as a ‘Christian brother’. Please explain.
David Robertson: One mocks the Bible, denies the atonement, rejects Christ’s teaching on marriage and adopts all the liberal shibboleths of our culture.  the other accepts the Bible, celebrates the atonement, endorses Christ’s teaching on marriage and challenges the liberal shibboleths of our culture. I prefer the latter- TheWeeFlea.com

Felt exceedingly in my own spirit how little we feel real grief on account of sin before God, or we would often lose our appetite for food. When parents lose a child, they often do not taste a bit  from morning to night...Should we not mourn as for an only child?
—M'Cheyne

"When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing— not even the instinct to spare His own Son— will turn him back from keeping His word." — Sinclair B. Ferguson