“Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life, and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments. There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.” DoeSoulMomentsActionSecretSilenceDivineShapesSacredFruitDepthResolveHidingSolitaryInwardSacredness Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series
“There is a grand fearlessness in faith. He who in his heart of hearts reverences the good, the true, the holy--that is, reverences God--does not tremble at the apparent success of attacks upon the outworks of faith. They may shake those who rest on those outworks--they do not move him whose soul reposes on the truth itself. He needs no prop or crutches to support his faith. Founded on a Rock, Faith can afford to gaze undismayed at the approaches of Infidelity.” NeedsHeartMayDoeSoulMovingFaithSupportRocksHolyApproachShakesReverenceInfidelityFearlessnessReposePropsCrutches Book:Sermons ... Source: Sermons ...
“That prayer which does not succeed in moderating our wishes--in changing the passionate desire into still submission, the anxious, tumultuous expectation into silent surrender--is no true prayer, and proves that we have not the spirit of true prayer.” DoeStillsSpiritDesireWishPrayerSucceedProveExpectationsSilentPassionateSurrenderAnxiousSubmissionPassionate Desire Book:Sermons ... Source: Sermons ...
“Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.” KnowsMenDoeSoulForceGriefAffliction Author:Frederick William Robertson
“What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but because he perceives that they are beautiful, and that it is touching and fine to say them,-things which he fain would feel, and fancies that he does feel.” MenFeelsMeanDoeStatesBeautifulSpeakFinePerceiveFancySentimentsTouchingSentimental Author:Frederick William Robertson
“There is a power in the soul, quite separate from the intellect, which sweeps away or recognizes the marvelous, by which God is felt. Faith stands serenely far above the reach of the atheism of science. It does not rest on the wonderful, but on the eternal wisdom and goodness of God. The revelation of the Son was to proclaim a Father, not a mystery. No science can sweep away the everlasting love which the heart feels, and which the intellect does not even pretend to judge or recognize.” FeelsHeartDoeSoulFatherFeltWonderfulMysteryAtheismSonJudgingGoodnessEternalIntellectRevelationsFaith In GodMarvelousEverlastingLasting LoveGoodness Of GodEverlasting Love Author:Frederick William Robertson
“... religious controversy does only harm. It destroys humble inquiry after truth, and throws all the energies into an attempt to prove ourselves right-a spirit in which no man gets at truth.” MenDoeSpiritEnergyReligiousProveHumbleHarmInquiryControversy Author:Frederick William Robertson
