“The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.” PeopleEndsHardSeemsPerfectViewsCuttingTrust In GodDiamondBrighterConfidence In GodSparkleGreatness Of GodMighty God Book:Man and the Gospel Source: Man and the Gospel
“In the spangled sky, the rainbow, the woodland hung with diamonds, the sward sown with pearly dew, the rosy dawn, the golden clouds of even, the purple mountains, the hoary rock, the blue boundless main, Nature's simplest flower, or some fair form of laughing child or lovely maiden, we cannot see the beautiful without admiring it.” ChildrenBeautifulFormNatureLaughingSkyRocksFlowerMountainFairsBlueCloudsLovelyGoldenDawnDiamondRainbowHungSimplestPurpleDewBoundlessMaidensAdmiringRosyWoodland Book:The Way to Life: Sermons Source: The Way to Life: Sermons
“As in nature, as in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones their lustre; the more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, their God has no end in view but to perfect His people's graces. Our Father, and and kindest of fathers, He afflicts not willingly; He sends tribulations, but hear St Paul tell their purpose, - "Tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope."” GivingWellsArtSoulEndsHardSeemsPurposePerfectViewsGraceCuttingStonesTreatmentRoughDiamondBrighterTribulationSparkle Author:Thomas Guthrie
