If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of… — Alexander MacLaren Abandonment Copy Share Image
God keeps giving Himself as long as we bring that into which He can pour Himself. And when we stop bringing, He… — Alexander MacLaren Giving Copy Share Image
As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour… — Alexander MacLaren Able Copy Share Image
Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven… — Alexander MacLaren Afar Copy Share Image
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot… — Alexander MacLaren Age Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible… — Alexander MacLaren Belief Copy Share Image
Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle… — Alexander MacLaren Anticipate Copy Share Image
The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? — Alexander MacLaren Affliction Copy Share Image
Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will. — Alexander MacLaren Creatures Copy Share Image
If you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily,… — Alexander MacLaren Blessing Copy Share Image
Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!" — Alexander MacLaren Epitaph Copy Share Image
True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God and will be deep and passing all… — Alexander MacLaren Absence Copy Share Image
In such a world as this, with such hearts as ours, weakness is wickedness in the long run. Whoever lets himself be… — Alexander MacLaren Decision Copy Share Image
There is one thing that makes life mighty in its veriest trifles, worthy in its smallest deeds, that delivers it from monotony,… — Alexander MacLaren Christ Copy Share Image
That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its… — Alexander MacLaren Christ Copy Share Image
To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty. — Alexander MacLaren Duty Copy Share Image
Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let… — Alexander MacLaren Bards Copy Share Image
The manliness of Christian love, and the putting away from ourselves of all fear, because we are " perfected in love," is… — Alexander MacLaren Christian Copy Share Image
Kindness does not require us to be blind to facts or to live in fancies, but it does require us to cherish… — Alexander MacLaren Blind Copy Share Image
“Sorrow and loss are meant to prepare us for the vision of God to purge the inward eye that it may see… — Alexander MacLaren Death Copy Share Image
