Remains of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... W...
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“Let family worship be short, savory, simple, plain, tender, heavenly.”
“Our Heavenly Father always sends His children the things they ask, or better things.”
“The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.”
“Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.”
“The nurse of infidelity is sensuality.”
“Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.”
“Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.”
“Eloquence is vehement simplicity.”
“The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.”
“Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.”
“It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.”
“The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.”
“Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.”
“The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.”