Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and… — John Newton Copy Share Image
We have no clear ideas of the agency of [demonic] spirits, nor is it necessary. The Scripture says little to satisfy our curiosity; but tells us plainly that he is always watching us, and desiring to sift us as wheat. I believe we give him no more than his due, when we charge him with having a hand in all… — John Newton Copy Share
I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another,… — John Newton Copy Share
Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years — John Newton Copy Share Image
Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain. — John Newton Copy Share Image
If two angels were sent down from heaven,--one to conduct an empire, and the other to sweep a street,--they would feel no inclination to… — John Newton Copy Share Image
A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us. — John Newton Copy Share Image
By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes His glory to pass before the soul that seeks Him… — John Newton Copy Share Image
“The weapons of our warfare, and which alone are powerful to break down the strongholds of error, are not carnal, but spiritual. They are arguments fairly drawn from Scripture and experience, and enforced by such a mild address, as may persuade our readers, that, whether we can convince them or not—we wish well to their souls, and contend only for… — John Newton Copy Share
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, it would be a matter of entire indifference to each which service fell to his lot, the post of ruler or the post of scavenger;… — John Newton Copy Share
If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it. — John Newton Copy Share Image
