"In vain do we seek to awaken our……" — Archibald Alexander
"In vain do we seek to awaken our churches to zeal in evangelism as a separate thing. To be genuine it must flow from love to Christ. It is when a sense of personal communion with the Son of God is highest that we shall be most fit for missionary work, either ourselves or to stir up others."
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Archibald Alexander
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15 Quotes by Archibald Alexander
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No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness…
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It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by…
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Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is…
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God has set before you an open door which no man has a right or power to shut. If you…
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God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.
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But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins,…
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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
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Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
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In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could…
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common…
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Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception…
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If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and…
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