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Alexander MacLaren (February 11, 1826 - May 5, 1910) was a historian and theologian known for his contributions to Christian theology. His career and personal life remain somewhat obscure due to limited available information.

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“My child, wilt thou not at this time cry unto me, 'Abba, Father?'”

Children Father Cry My Children Abba Abba Father

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“The Gospel is not a mere message of deliverance, but a canon of conduct; it is not a theology to be accepted, but it is ethics to be lived. It is not to be believed only, but it is to be taken into life as a guide.”

Taken Messages Ethics Mere Guides Accepted Theology Deliverance Canon

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“Love is the foundation of all obedience.”

Love Is Foundation Obedience

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust.”

Needs Doe Dread Weakening

Book:Triumphant Certainties: And Other Sermons

Source: Triumphant Certainties: And Other Sermons

“Christ wrought out His perfect obedience as a man, through temptation, and by suffering.”

Men Suffering Christ Perfect Temptation Obedience

Book:The Biblical Illustrator - Vol. 45 - Pastoral Commentary on Romans

Source: The Biblical Illustrator - Vol. 45 - Pastoral Commentary on Romans

“Kindness does not require us to be blind to facts or to live in fancies, but it does require us to cherish a habit of goodwill, ready to show pity if sorrow appears, and slow to turn away even if hostility appears.”

Ifs Doe Facts Shows Turns Kindness Ready Habit Sorrow Blind Pity Fancy Cherish Hostility Goodwill

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose a lawgiver, and that all working involves a Divine energy.”

World Feels Law Universe Energy Mystery Divine Hopeless Obscurity

Book:Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series

Source: Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series

“Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.”

Source: Sermons preached in Manchester

“The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”

Long Suffering Father Jesus Christ Tears Pity God Love Tenderness Gentleness Long Suffering

Book:Sermons Preached in Manchester: third series

Source: Sermons Preached in Manchester: third series

“You must cast yourself on God's gospel with all your weight, without any hanging back, without any doubt, without even the shadow of a suspicion that it will give.”

Giving Doubt Shadow Weight Casts Suspicion

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.”

Ifs Strong Path Shoes

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures's will.”

Love Enough Love Is Fire Creatures Hot Iron Obstinacy

Book:St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians: (to II Corinthians, Chapter V)

Source: St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians: (to II Corinthians, Chapter V)

“Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till He does. If you cannot hear His whisper, wait till you do. Take care of running before you are sent. Keep your wills in equipoise till God's hand gives the impulse and direction.”

Ifs Giving Doe Stills Hands Care Running Speak Waiting Voice Patient Take Care Impulse Loud Be Patient Impatience Anticipate Utterance Small Voice

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy, and then, like sheep, it comes most surely unsought, and we 'being in the way,' the angel of God, bright-haired joy, is sure to meet us.”

Thinking Way Joy Loses Path Duty Angel Pursue Sheep

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good.”

Ifs Sometimes Helping Produce Materials Demand Eternal Faith In God Abandonment Good Faith Subordination

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the asking of faith. We must forsake the earthly props, but we must also believingly desire to be upheld by the heavenly arms. We make God responsible for our safety when we abandon other defense, and commit ourselves to Him.”

Hands Desire Asks Conditions Arms Asking Responsible Safety Defense Commit Preparation Heavenly Abandon Faith In God Props Forsake

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“Why should we live halfway up the hill and swathed in the mists, when we might have an unclouded sky and a radiant sun over our heads if we would climb higher and walk in the light of His face?”

Ifs Should Light Might Faces Walks Sun Sky Higher Hills Climbs Halfway Mist Radiant

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let a bard place here and there in the bed destroy your rest. Seek, as a plain duty, to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.”

Firsts Kindness Teacher Duty Blessing Bed Empty Cups Daily Life Thank You Here And There Crowded Joyous Bards Blessing You Empty Cup Kindness Of God

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that in prayer alone can we be forearmed against our lesser sorrows; that strength to bear flows into the heart that is opened in supplication; and that a sorrow which we are made able to endure is more truly conquered than a sorrow which we avoid”

Looks Heart Made Able Prayer Teach Bears Sorrow Flow Endure Look Up Agony Thankfulness Saviour Kneeling Supplication

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.”

People World Jesus Christ Deals Jesus Christ Notion

Book:The Epistles General of I and II Peter and I John

Source: The Epistles General of I and II Peter and I John

“We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.”

Heart May Christ Our Lives Shining

Book:Classic Sermon Outlines

Source: Classic Sermon Outlines

“God is His own motive. His love is not drawn out by our loveableness, but wells up, like an artesian spring, from the depths of His nature.”

Wells God Christian Love Is Spring Depth Motive His Love

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“Faith is the sight of the inward eye.”

Eye Faith Sight Inward

Book:After the Resurrection

Source: After the Resurrection

“There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it.”

Doe Faith Christ

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

About the Author

Born: February 11, 1826
Died: May 5, 1910
Known for: Author
Quotes: 124

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