Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The manliness of Christian love, and the putting away from ourselves of all fear, because we are " perfected in love," is… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
It was a deep true thought which the old painters had, when they drew John as likest to his Lord. Love makes… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Nothing but Christian faith gives to the furthest future the solidity and definiteness which it must have if it is to be… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
God is His own motive. His love is not drawn out by our loveableness, but wells up, like an artesian spring, from… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
You have to live with Him day by day, and year by year, and to learn to know Him as we learn… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?" — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Only he who can say, 'The Lord is the strength of my life' can go on to say, 'Of whom shall I… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The sum of the whole matter is this: He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Men come and go; leaders, teachers, thinkers speak and work for a season, and then fall silent and impotent. He abides. They… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
God keeps giving Himself as long as we bring that into which He can pour Himself. And when we stop bringing, He stops giving. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven into the… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
If you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily, and yet… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
