Quotes and Notes

1.The Gospel is open to all;the most respectable sinnerhas no more claim on itthan the worst.D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)Welsh preacher and writer

2.O Christ, in Thee my soul hath found,And found in Thee alone,The peace, the joy I sought so long,The bliss till now unknown.I sighed for rest and happiness,I yearned for them, not Thee;But while I passed my Saviour by,His love laid hold on me.Now none but Christ can satisfy,None other name for me;There's love, and life, and lasting joy,Lord Jesus, found in Thee.--Author unknown.Copied from the back of the title pageof the 1893 ed. of James Gilmour of Mongolia,edited by Richard Lovett.

3.Many years ago, Matthew Henry, a well-known Bible scholar, was once robbed of his wallet. Knowing that it was his duty to give thanks in everything, he meditated on this incident and recorded in his diary the following:Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.Matthew Henry (1662-1714)English Non-conformist Bible commentator

4.Amazing love! How can it beThat Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?Charles Wesley (1709-1788)English hymn writer and preacher

5.Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,but only empties today of its strength.Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)English Baptist preacher

6.God sends no one away emptyexcept those who are fullof themselves.Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)American evangelist

7.THE UNCHANGING WORDFeelings come and feelings go,And feelings are deceiving;My warrant is the Word of God--Naught else is worth believing.Though all my heart should feel condemnedFor want of some sweet token,There is One greater than my heartWhose Word cannot be broken.I'll trust in God's unchanging WordTill soul and body sever,For, though all things shall pass away,HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOREVER!Copied from Echoes of Grace,Bible Truth Publishers

8.Moment by moment I'm kept in His love,Moment by moment I've life from above;Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.Major Daniel Webster Whittle (1840-1901)American evangelist and Gospel songwriter

9.He that is down need fear no fall,he that is low no pride.John Bunyan (1628-1688)English Non-conformist ministerand author of The Pilgrim's Progress

10.Man of Sorrows! what a nameFor the Son of God, who cameRuined sinners to reclaim!Hallelujah, what a Saviour!Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)American gospel hymn writer, singer, and composer

11.But God forbid that I should glory,save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,by whom the world is crucified unto me,and I unto the world. Galatians 6:14When I survey the wondrous crossOn which the Prince of glory died,My richest gain I count but lossAnd pour contempt on all my pride.Isaac Watts (1674-1748)Independent minister, hymn writerShall we for a moment boast in that fleshwhich He condemned by the Cross?Samuel Ridout (1855-1930)American Bible teacher and editor

12.Casting all your care upon Him,for He careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7Cast thy burden upon the Lord,and He shall sustain thee.Psalm 55:22a "He Careth For You"Cast all your care upon Jesus, Who ever careth for you,He will sustain and uphold you, He will be faithful and true.Jesus our blessed Redeemer, Jesus, our Shepherd and Guide,Ever will bear all your burdens, Ever will stay by your side.Jesus knows all of your problems, Knows all our trial and care,He's ever ready to help us, Ready to answer our prayer.Oh! what a comfort in trial, Just to lean hard on this Friend,Trust Him for grace and deliverance, Learning on Him to depend.Jesus wants you to be happy, Wants you to have peace and rest;Cast all your care then upon Him, Lean on His strong, loving breast.Careth? Oh yes! Jesus careth, His own are dear to His heart;All His beloved whom He died for, They are to Him set apart.Oh! how He cares for His people, Guards them and keeps them alway,Wants them to share in His glory, All through eternity's day.Make your requests then to Jesus, Trusting His promise so true;Roll on the Lord all your burden, For He is caring for you. --by Lois BeckwithBe careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7I would have you without carefulness. 1 Corinthians 7:32

13.When I get to heaven,I shall see three wonders there.The first wonder will be to seemany there whom I did not expect to see;the second wonder will be to missmany people who I did expect to see;and the third and greatest of allwill be to find myself there.John Newton (1725-1807)English evangelical minister and hymn writer

14.And Satan trembles when he sees,The weakest saint upon his knees.William Cowper (1731-1800)English poet and hymn writer

15.I will bless the LORD at all times:His praise shall continually be in my mouth.Psalm 34:1Now just a word for Jesus:Your dearest Friend so true,Come cheer our hearts and tell usWhat He has done for you.Now just a word for Jesus-'Twill help us on our way;One little word for Jesus,O speak or sing or pray.Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)American hymn writer

16.Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace,Over all victorious in its bright increase;Perfect, yet it floweth fuller every day,Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest;Finding, as he promised, perfect peace and rest.Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)English musician and hymn writer

17.Am I a soldier of the cross?A follower of the Lamb?And shall I fear to own His causeOr blush to speak His name?Isaac Watts (1674-1748)English Independent minister, hymn writer

18.Sanctify them through they truth: thy word is truth.John 17:17There is one sure and infallible guide to truth,and therefore, one, and only one corrective for error,and that is the Word of God.G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945)English Bible expositor and pastorI have no greater joy than to hearthat my children walk in truth.3 John 4The best evidence of our having the truthis our walking in the truth.Matthew Henry (1662-1714)English Bible commentator and pastorOur walk counts far more than our talk, always!George Müller (1805-1898)English evangelist and founder of a Bristol orphanageWe are not only to renounce evil,but to manifest the truth.We tell people the world is vain;let our lives manifest that it is so.We tell them that our home is aboveand that all these things are transitory.Does our dwelling look like it?O to live consistent lives!James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)English missionary and founder of the China Inland MissionIf lips and life do not agree,the testimony will not amount to much.H. A. Ironside (1876-1951)American Bible teacher, commentator, pastorMy little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue;but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

19.Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp,bearing His reproach. Hebrews 13:13Unto Him that loved us,and washed us from our sinsin His own blood. Revelation 1:5bThere is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins,And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains.William Cowper (1731-1800)English poet and hymn writer

20.Lord, if any have to die this day,let it be me, for I am ready.Billy Bray (1794-1868)English tin-miner and evangelist

21.Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.Psalm 90:8.It may be a secret sin on earth,but it is open scandal in heaven.Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871-1952)American Bible teacher, evangelist, educator, writer

22.Therefore to him that knoweth to do good,and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James 4:17It is not only that sin consists in doing evil,but in not doing the good that we know.H. A. Ironside (1876-1951)American Bible teacher, commentator, pastor

23.Robert Murray McCheyne, was only 29 years of agewhen he died in 1843. He once wrote in his diary:Live so as to be missed when dead.Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843)Scottish minister

24.Polycarp suffered much for Christ's sake as Euseius, the church historian, tells us. The Roman Proconsul commanded him to swear allegiance to Caesar, saying, "Swear, and I will set thee at liberty; reproach Christ." How courageous and magnificent was Polycarp's reply!Eighty and six years have I now served Christ, and he has never done me the least wrong; how, then, can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?Polycarp (c.69-c.155-160) Bishop of Smyrna and martyr

25.For the wages of sin is death,but the gift of God is eternal lifethrough Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 3:23He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;but the wrath of God abideth on him.John 3:36The Gospel is of no profit except it be believed.E. Schuyler English (1899-c.1984)American Bible teacher and authorFor by grace are ye saved through faith;and that not of yourselves:it is the gift of God: Not of works,lest any man should boast.Ephesians 2:8,9Before an individual can be saved,he must first learn that he cannot save himself.M. R. DeHaan, M.D. (1891-1965)American Bible teacher, physicianSalvation is a work of God for man,rather than a work of man for God.Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871-1952)American Bible teacher, evangelist, educator, writer

26.The secret of peace within, and power without,is to be always and only occupied with Christ.E. Schuyler English (1899-c.1984)American Bible teacher, author

27.But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far offare made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13So near, so very near to God Nearer I could not be;For in the person of His Son, I am as near as He.So dear, so very dear to God, I could not dearer be;The love wherewith He loves His Son, Such is His love to me. --Author unknownAnd the glory which thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:22-23

28.I used to ask God to help me.Then I asked if I might help Him.I ended up by asking Himto do his work through me.James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)English missionary and founder of the China Inland Mission.

29.Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!Oh what a foretaste of Glory Divine!Heir of salvation, purchase of God,Born of the Spirit, washed in His Blood.Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)American hymn writer

30.Just An Ordinary DaySometime some ordinary day will come,A busy day like this -- filled to the brimWith ordinary tasks -- perhaps so fullThat we have little thought or care for Him.And there will be no hint from silent skies,No sign, no clash of cymbals, roll of drums;And yet that ordinary day will beThe very day in which our Lord will come. --Author unknownTherefore let us not sleep, as do others;but let us watch and be sober. I Thess. 5:6Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearingof the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13

31.Thou art my help and my deliverer;make no tarrying, O my God.The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. --In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. --Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the LORD thy maker?I am with thee to deliver thee. --Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. --Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.Psalm 40:17; Psalm 37:23-24; Proverbs 14:26; Isaiah 51:12-13; Jeremiah 1:8; Deuteronomy 31:6; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 32:7Copied from Daily Light from the Bible,compiled by Samuel Bagster (1772-1851)

32.Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:for thou hast created all things, andfor thy pleasure they are and were created.Revelation 4:11Christianity is Christ!No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ.Christ is a substitute for everything,but nothing is a substitute for Christ.H. A. Ironside (1876-1951)American Bible teacher, commentator, pastorJesus Christ the same yesterday,and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8O LORD our Lord, how excellentis thy name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9

33.Peace is such a precious jewelthat I would give anything for it but truth.Matthew Henry (1662-1714)English Non-conformist Bible commentator

34.Some want to live within the soundOf Church or Chapel bell;I want to run a rescue shopWithin a yard of hell.C. T. Studd (1860-1931)English missionary to China, India, Africa

35.My Bible and IWe've traveled together through life's rugged way,O'er land and o'ver water, by night and by day:To travel without it I never would try;We keep close together, my Bible and I.In sorrow I've proved it my comfort and joy,When weak my strong tower which nought can destroy;When death comes so near me 'tis thought I would die,We still are together, my Bible and I.If powers of evil against me would come,And threaten to rob me of heaven and home,God's Word then directs me to Him in the sky;And nothing can part us, my Bible and I.When evil temptations are brought to my view,And I in my weakness know not what to do,On Christ as my strength I am taught to rely;And so we keep company, my Bible and I.When life's path is ended; if Jesus should comeAnd take all his blood-purchased brethren home;Or if, in long suffering, He waits till I die,We'll never be parted, my Bible and I.And when in the glory my Lord I behold,With all His redeemed gathered safe in the fold,My Bible and I close companions will be,FOR GOD'S WORD ABIDES FOR ALL ETERNITY. --Author unknownHeaven and earth shall pass away,but my Words shall not pass away.Matthew 24:35.But the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. 1 Peter 1:25aFor Thou hast magnified thy wordabove all thy name. Psalm 138:2b.

36.This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;of whom I am chief. 1 Timothy 1:15John Newton lived to be eighty-two years old and continued to preach and have an active ministry until beset by fading health in the last two years of his life. Even then, Newton never ceased to be amazed by God's grace and told his friends:My memory is nearly gone;but I remember two things;That I am a great sinner, andthat Christ is a great Saviour.John Newton (1725-1807)English minister and hymn writer

37.Love to Christ is proved by doingthe things which He commands,and not merely saying, "Lord, Lord."Charles Henry Mackintosh (1820-1896)Irish preacher and Bible expositorIf ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3

38.Humility is a paradox. The moment you think you've finally found it, you've lost it. There has yet to be written a book intitled, "Humility and How I Achieved It." And yet, God expects (and rewards) an attitude of servant-like humility in His followers.--Anonymous...all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility:for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,that he may exalt you in due time. 1 Peter 5:5-6

39.Acrostic for FaithForsakingAllITrustHimTrust ye in the LORD for ever:for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, andhe shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6

40.You are writing a Gospel, a chapter a day,By deeds that you do, by words that you say.Men read what you write, whether faithless or true;Say, what is the Gospel according to you?--Author unknownLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your goodworks, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

41.Though we claim to believe the whole of Scripture,in practice we frequently deny much of it by ignoring it.D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)Welsh preacher and expositorBut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,deceiving your own selves. James 1:22Therefore to him that knoweth to do good,and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James 4:17

42.William Carey (1761-1834), known as the "Father and Founder of Modern Missions," was the first missionary to India sent out by the Baptist Missionary Society. His motto was:Expect great things from God.Attempt great things for God.In his will, Carey directed a simple headstone to be placed on his grave, inscribed as follows:William Carey, born August 17, 1761: died'A wretched, poor, and helpless worm,On Thy kind arms I fall.'On his deathbed he said to Alexander Duff:When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey;speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour.He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:3To Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.2 Peter 3:18b