The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other. — Richard Cecil Bible Copy Share Image
Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him."… — Richard Cecil Abraham Copy Share Image
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace… — Richard Cecil Affliction Copy Share Image
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful… — Richard Cecil Attention 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
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this… — Richard Cecil Burden 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
Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a… — Richard Cecil Consolation Copy Share Image
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
