William S. Plumer Quotes

“He was so much the friend of man, that he was willing to lay down his life for human redemption.”

“And the worst that malice can inflict is to torture and kill the body.”

“He has followed us with mercies, reproofs, and expostulations, and yet we persist in iniquity.”

“Will you not be made clean?" "As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live.”

“His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him and keep his covenant.”

“The hypocrite, no less than the true servant of God—the stony-ground hearers, no less than those who received the word into good and honest hearts—had joy.”

“None but God could satisfy justice, and bring in everlasting righteousness sufficient for lost men.”

“Nor is it asserted that faith and sight necessarily destroy each other; but we may say that faith has now fewer obstacles to overcome than if Christ were here.”

“If kept from uniting with his people in public worship, God himself can be to us—a little sanctuary.”

“God always hides saving knowledge from the "wise and prudent." That which we learn by our unaided faculties—puffs up and blinds the mind.”

“Christ says that even infidels, who refused to believe God's word, shall be judged by it.”

“Charnock says, "He who has many things to trust to, is in suspense which he should take hold of; but when there is but one left, with what greediness will he clasp about that.”

“Though his purpose was that of redeeming a world, and though he knew that his personal ministry on earth would be very short, yet he never neglected communion with God.”

“Surely above all others he endured the contradiction of sinners against himself.”

“So charges Christ himself: "You will not come to me, that you might have life." So charge the apostles: "You judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life." Unbelief persisted in, seals our perdition.”

“His strength was dried up like a potsherd, that we might be strong in the Lord.”

“This sorrow, humility, and shame are not merely for a wicked life—but for a sinful nature; not only for actual sin—but also for original sin.”

“In judging of piety, there is no substitute for a holy life.”

“But O how variable are his feelings; how easily discouraged is his heart.”

“Of old for thousands of years the pious believed in a Savior to come.”

“If God does not teach us the reality of love to Christ in all his people, he teaches us nothing.”

“Saints have always esteemed each other the excellent of the earth, in whom was all their delight.”

“The human mind is weak and full of darkness by reason of sin.”

“In it is no temple; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”

“The whole problem of redemption was therefore beyond the solution of a finite mind.”

“Without his influences, we can no more move heavenward than we can sail a ship without wind.”

“God has greatly honored virtuous poverty in every age —as the history of science, of literature, of philosophy, of poetry, and of piety in every country shows.”

“In fact, Christ is exalted a Prince and a Savior to this very end, that he may grant repentance and remission of sins.”

“In the days of our Lord's flesh many, moved by what they saw, outwardly became his followers.”

“The ministry of reconciliation" is the ministry that makes known the atonement of Christ.”