Bitter Quote by Alfred Edersheim

We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which…

— Alfred Edersheim

“The hymn,' with which the Paschal Supper ended, had been sung. Probably we are to understand this of the second portion of the Hallel,…

— Alfred Edersheim

“may have been wont to meet the Master. And as such it was known to Judas, and thither he led the armed band, when…

— Alfred Edersheim

For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.

— Alfred Edersheim

Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers.

— Alfred Edersheim

“Indeed, to sacrifice seems as natural to man as to pray; the one indicates what he feels about himself, the other what he feels…

— Alfred Edersheim

An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony.

— Alfred Edersheim

“The absolutely highest stage of intercourse with God is the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the New Testament Church, when man’s individuality is…

— Alfred Edersheim

“Judas Iscariot. Without attempting to gaze into the mysterious abyss of the Satanic element in his apostasy, we may trace his course in its…

— Alfred Edersheim

“So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self; and so terrible the power…

— Alfred Edersheim

God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil.

— Alfred Edersheim

“This formation of man from soft clay, and of woman from a hard bone, also illustrated why man was so much more easily reconcilable…

— Alfred Edersheim