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Henry Law Quotes
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“Some soar in literature's highest flights—some crawl unlettered to the grave.”
“We read—we speak—we meditate—we hear of heaven; and bright and lovely is the prospect.”
“You yet live, and your wounds, though many, may all be healed; and your foes, though many, may all be driven, like vanishing smoke, before you.”
“Sin, as a desolating waste, has ravaged all the field of human nature.”
“The foot should not desire the hand's employ--or the eye's higher seat.”
“As there is no mercy, which man's heart will not abuse, so there is no judgment, which it will not proudly scorn.”
“Great was the loss in Adam; but far greater is the gain in Christ!”
“Let but one flaw be found in Him, and salvation's pillar moulders into dust.”
“Wave now and ever the glorious banner--"Christ is all." Thus dwell within the Camp, and you will reign upon the throne.”
“Here is relief commensurate with all the need of all poor sin-sick souls.”
“When any child of man arises from the death of sin, and blooms in grace, God has arisen with divine almightiness.”
“How shall I do this great wickedness and sin against God?" is a sure check when tempted to seek help from other than our God.”
“Abundant gifts in ages past still leave abundant gifts for present and for future days.”
“Then, through rich mercy, there is solid hope, that the child born on earth, is born an heir of heaven.”
“The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things; who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" Sad is the blinding power of sin.”
“He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.”
“The law says, 'Give me unsullied love', and points to your defects.”
“As in nature, clouds screen the sun—and storms descend—and tempests rage—and hurricanes sweep fearfully—and rapid changes come—so is it in the life of grace.”
“The names are on His breast—a token that, while His heart beats, it beats for them.”
“While faithful lips abound in prayer, and send forth songs of praise, and tell in gladsome strains the wonders of redeeming grace; what are the sinner's sounds?”
“No doubtful text proclaims this truth. 'Come', is the constant Gospelcry.”
“Next Moses feels, that his own might is nothing—vain are his counsels—powerless is his arm.”
“The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High gave a mighty shout.”
“Trust in God does not destroy feelings of alarm, though they restrain them from overwhelming force.”
“So when the feathered mother spreads her sheltering wings, the hawk may soar above—the gathering clouds may menace—but the downy refuge covers.”
“The answer is, "The word of faith." The Gospel-tidings about Christ; that word, which faith bears—prizes—welcomes—clings to—lives by—that record, from which delightedly it draws strength—peace—joy—comfort—glory.”
“Eternal Spirit, mighty source of light and inward life, give Your help!”
“Here you have no rainbow without a cloud and without a storm.”
“The lips, which celebrate God's tender love, are touched with a livecoal from atonement's altar.”
“To soar from earthly scenes is to escape the clouds of sense—the mists of partial glance—the darkness of a prison-state.”