He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest. — Richard Cecil 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 of affliction. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — 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, and acquiesced… — 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 consideration only,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats it on every side to see if there be any flaw in it. So Christ doth not presently after he hath converted a man, convey him to heaven; but suffers him first to be beaten upon… — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run,… — 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, if I had had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief. — Richard Cecil Copy Share
The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture. — Richard Cecil 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 is very… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
