The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
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,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life. — Richard Cecil Copy Share
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Copy Share
