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Zeal
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“A curse lies upon those that, when the truth suffers, have not a word to defend it.”
“The reprover should have a lion's stout heart, or he will not be faithful, and a lady's soft hand, or he is not like to be successful.”
“While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.”
“It is a work and business which cannot be done sleeping.”
“Friends lost may be reconciled, an estate lost may be regained, but time lost can never be recalled.”
“What an honourable thing is it to be fishers of men! How great an honour shouldst thou esteem it, to be a catcher of souls!”
“Church greatness consists in being greatly serviceable.”
“You shall find this to be God's usual course; not to give His children the taste of His delights till they begin to perspire in seeking after them.”
“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.”
“Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday.”
“We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them.”
“And now, brethren, what have we to do for the time to come, but to deny our lazy flesh, and rouse up ourselves to the work before us.”
“Burned and wasted we must be; and is it not fitter it should be in lighting men to heaven, and in working for God, than in living to the flesh?”
“Oh, then, let us hear these arguments of Christ, whenever we feel ourselves grow dull and careless: Did I die for these souls, and will not you look after them?”
“Zeal without knowledge is like a mettled horse without eyes, or like a sword in a madman's hand.”
“The devil is nimble; he can run apace; he is light of foot; he hath overtaken many. They that would have heaven must run for it.”
“The more labour you have put forth for the Kingdom of heaven, the more degrees of glory you shall have.”
“When zeal like incense burns, first the lamp of knowledge must be lighted.”
“Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?”
“To sweat in some duties of religion, and freeze in others, is the symptom of a disordered Christian.”
“Men could be content to have the kingdom of heaven; but they are loathe to fight for it.”
“Three wishes Paul had, and they were all about Christ; that he might be found in Christ, be with Christ, and magnify Christ.”
“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!”
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.”
“Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls.”
“Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins.”
“Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world.”
“To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus.”
“When John Knox went upstairs to plead with God for Scotland, it was the greatest event in Scottish history.”
“I would not give a penny for your love to the truth if it is not accompanied with a hearty hatred of error.”