--- title: "3 Amen Quotes By John Baillie" description: "3 Amen quotes by John Baillie. Plus more from John Baillie and more Amen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/john-baillie-36393_all-things_i-a-pilgrim-of-eternity-stand-before-the_622635.jpg" --- > [I, a pilgrim of eternity, stand before Thee, O eternal One. Let me not seek to deaden or destroy the desire for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/i-a-pilgrim-of-eternity-stand-before-thee-o-eternal-one-let-me-not/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/john-baillie-36393_all-things_i-a-pilgrim-of-eternity-stand-before-the_622635.jpg) > [Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/cast-down-o-lord-all-the-forces-of-cruelty-and-wrong-defeat-all/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/john-baillie-36393_amen_cast-down-o-lord-all-the-forces-of-cruel_1978532.jpg) > [Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/dear-father-take-this-days-life-into-thine-own-keeping-control-all-my/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/john-baillie-36393_amen_dear-father-take-this-days-life-into-thi_2416488.jpg) ## Other authors on Amen - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shane-claiborne-84357.jpg) Shane Claiborne 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/shane-claiborne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/marianne-williamson/) - [Ron Baratono 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/ron-baratono/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ethan-hawke-34046.jpg) Ethan Hawke 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/ethan-hawke/) - [Robert J. Morgan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/robert-j-morgan/) ## More by John Baillie > [The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/the-very-fact-that-a-man-is-thankful-implies-someone-to-be-thankful-to/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [According to the teaching of our Lord, what is wrong with the world is precisely that it does not believe in God. Yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/according-to-the-teaching-of-our-lord-what-is-wrong-with-the-world-is/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Have I today done anything to fulfill the purpose for which Thou didst cause me to be born?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/have-i-today-done-anything-to-fulfill-the-purpose-for-which-thou/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [I, a pilgrim of eternity, stand before Thee, O eternal One. Let me not seek to deaden or destroy the desire for Thee that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/i-a-pilgrim-of-eternity-stand-before-thee-o-eternal-one-let-me-not/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Speak Thou in my words today, think in my thoughts, and work in all my deeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/speak-thou-in-my-words-today-think-in-my-thoughts-and-work-in-all-my/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/give-me-a-stout-heart-to-bear-my-own-burdens-give-me-a-willing-heart/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Faith is the proper name of religious experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/faith-is-the-proper-name-of-religious-experience/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/o-holy-spirit-of-god-abide-with-us-inspire-all-our-thoughts-pervade/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [I thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast so set eternity within my heart that no earthly thing can ever satisfy me wholly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/i-thank-thee-o-lord-that-thou-hast-so-set-eternity-within-my-heart/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/cast-down-o-lord-all-the-forces-of-cruelty-and-wrong-defeat-all/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen: For the strong sense I have that this is not my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/for-the-power-thou-hast-given-me-to-lay-hold-of-things-unseen-for-the/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/dear-father-take-this-days-life-into-thine-own-keeping-control-all-my/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) > [The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baillie/the-evidence-for-christian-truth-is-not-exhaustive-but-it-is/) [John Baillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baillie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amen/john-baillie/#itemlist", "name": "3 Amen Quotes By John Baillie", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I, a pilgrim of eternity, stand before Thee, O eternal One. Let me not seek to deaden or destroy the desire for Thee that disturbs my heart. Let me rather yield myself to its constraint and go where it leads me. Make me wise to see all things today under the form of eternity, and make me brave to face all the changes in my life which such a vision may entail: through the grace of Christ my Saviour. 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