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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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Famous Alexander MacLaren Quotes

“Our work, abiding, shall bring to us the endless glory with which God at last overpays the toils, even as now He overanswers the poor prayers of His laboring servants.”

Lasts Prayer Poor Glory Endless Servant Toil Abiding

Book:Sermons preached in Manchester

Source: Sermons preached in Manchester

“If you would have clear and irrefragable for a perpetual joy, a glory and a defense, the unwavering confidence, "I am Thy child," go to God's throne, and lie down at the foot of it, and let the first thought be, "My Father in heaven;" and that will brighten, that will establish, that will make omnipotent in your life, the witness of the Spirit that you are the child of God.”

Ifs Firsts Children Joy Spirit Lying Father Heaven Clear Feet Glory Defense Witness Perpetual Thrones Child Of God Omnipotent Father In Heaven Unwavering

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory.”

Christian Jesus Heaven Christ Church Sky Glory Jesus Christ Graves Apostolic Cleavage Apostolic Church

Author:Alexander MacLaren

“A picture without sky has no glory. This present, unless we see gleaming beyond it the eternal calm of the heavens, above the tossing tree tops with withering leaves, and the smoky chimneys, is a poor thing for our eyes to gaze at, or our hearts to love, or our hands to toil on.”

Life Heart Hands Eye Heaven Poor Tree Sky Eternal Glory Calm Toil Chimneys Withering Tree Tops

Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture

“We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.”

Heart May Christ Our Lives Glory Salvation Shining Inward

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)

“In heaven after ages of ages of growing glory, we shall have to say, as each new wave of the shoreless, sunlit sea bears us onward, It doth not yet appear what we shall be.”

Age Heaven Growing Sea Bears Glory Wave

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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MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy ScriptureRelated source material

Sermons preached in Union chapel, ManchesterRelated source material

Sermons Preached in Manchester: First seriesRelated source material

Sermons preached in ManchesterRelated source material

Expositions of Holy ScriptureRelated source material

Sermons Preached in Manchester: third seriesRelated source material

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

The Secret of Power: And Other SermonsRelated source material

After the ResurrectionRelated source material

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