Logically, faith comes first, and love next; but in life they will spring up together in the soul; the interval which separates them is impalpable, and in every act of trust, love is present; and fundamental to every emotion of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share
Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share
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
Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!" — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share
True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God and will be deep and passing all understanding in… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share
