“There is no thirst of the soul so consuming as the desire for pardon. The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point of all goodness. It comes bringing with it, if not the freshness of innocence, yet a glow of inspiration that nerves feeble hands for hard tasks, a fire of hope that lights anew the old high ideal, so that it stands before the eye in clear relief, beckoning to make it out on its own.” IfsSoulHardHandsLightInspirationEyeDesireClearFireGoodnessForgivenessIdealsTasksStartingInnocenceReliefNervesThirstPardonConsumingStarting PointFreshnessBeckoning Author:Charles Brent
“The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace - the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit.” FirstsAcceptingOffersThirdsSequenceFellowshipPardonPenitenceFellowship With God Author:Charles Brent