Let us never forget that, to be profited, that is, to be spiritually improved in knowledge, faith, holiness, joy and love, is the end of hearing sermons, and not merely to have our taste gratified by genius, eloquence and oratory. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
“Read the following passages of God's word, and see if religion be a light and easy work. "Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness." "Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you,… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
A community is not likely to be overthrown where woman fulfills her mission, for by the power of her noble heart, she will raise… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be employed without… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
A good Christian cannot be a bad husband or father and, as this is equally true in everything, he who has the most piety… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
The friends of evangelical doctrine, and the advocates of orthodoxy, have the following objects to keep ever in view in this age; they must… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
“Let [the wife] guard, as much as possible, against a gloomy and moody disposition, which causes her to move about with the silence and… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
We are not saved by nations or by churches or by families, but as individuals, through a personal interest in a personal Saviour. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
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