Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction.… — Richard Cecil Affliction Copy Share Image
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God,… — Richard Cecil All things Copy Share Image
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this… — Richard Cecil Burden Copy Share Image
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer,… — Richard Cecil Beaten Copy Share Image
The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent… — Richard Cecil Government Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than… — Richard Cecil Adopted Copy Share Image
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see,… — Richard Cecil Cases Copy Share Image
The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life. — Richard Cecil Christian Copy Share Image
The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture. — Richard Cecil Christian Copy Share Image
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and… — Richard Cecil Dangerous Copy Share Image
The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham;… — Richard Cecil Abraham Copy Share Image
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is… — Richard Cecil Artificial Copy Share Image
We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And… — Richard Cecil Asks Copy Share Image
The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Knows Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making. — Richard Cecil Always Copy Share Image
He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his… — Richard Cecil And love Copy Share Image
Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality — Richard Cecil Business Copy Share Image
The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs… — Richard Cecil Arise Copy Share Image
Our Heavenly Father always sends His children the things they ask, or better things. — Richard Cecil Asks Copy Share Image
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but… — Richard Cecil Doe Copy Share Image
Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself. — Richard Cecil Book Copy Share Image
In viewing the scheme of redemption, I seem like one viewing a vast and complicated machine of exquisite contrivance; what I comprehend… — Richard Cecil Complicated Copy Share Image
In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction. — Richard Cecil Affliction Copy Share Image
