Alexander MacLaren

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• The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose… All
• Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent… Christ
• The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love… Christ
• You must cast yourself on God's gospel with all your weight, without any hanging back, without any doubt, without even the shadow of a suspicion… All
• If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes. God
• Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures's will. Creatures
• Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till He… Anticipate
• To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy,… Angel
• If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of eternal helps and… Abandonment
• So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the… Abandon
• Why should we live halfway up the hill and swathed in the mists, when we might have an unclouded sky and a radiant sun over… Climb
• Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let a bard place… Bard
• As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that… Able
• The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more… Belong
• We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives. Christ
• God is His own motive. His love is not drawn out by our loveableness, but wells up, like an artesian spring, from the depths of… Artesian
• Faith is the sight of the inward eye. Eye
• There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it. Christ
• If you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily, and yet not… Absorbed
• 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 all… Age
• In such a world as this, with such hearts as ours, weakness is wickedness in the long run. Whoever lets himself be shaped and guided… Any
• Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life. Buoyant
• Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my… Always Remember
• A picture without sky has no glory. This present, unless we see gleaming beyond it the eternal calm of the heavens, above the tossing tree… Beyond
• Let the current of your being set towards God, then your life will be filled and calmed by one master-passion which unites and stills the… Calmed

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