"Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward……" — William Gurnall
"Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6)."
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97 Quotes by William Gurnall
William Gurnall has 97 quotes on this site.
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If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
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Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken…
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It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
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Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their…
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Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so…
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Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but…
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Furnish thyself with arguments from the promises to enforce thy prayers, and make them prevalent with God. The promises are…
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Job's friends chose the right time to visit him, but took not the right course of improving their visit; had…
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Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not…
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Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God…
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Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by…
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God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
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More Afflicted Quotes
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
— Aeschylus
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to…
— Osbert Sitwell
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets…
— Simone Weil
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.…
— Sun Tzu
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
— John Milton
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
— Joseph Hall
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have…
— Julian of Norwich
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
— Maxim Gorky
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