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Source: The National Thanksgiving: Sermons Preached in Westminster Abbey: 1. Death and Life, December 10,1871; 2. The Trumpet of Patmos, December 17, 1871; 3. The Day of Thanksgiving, March 3, 1872

“The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.”

Men Christian Christ Greatness Greatness Of God Rebuke

Book:Sermons on Special Occasions: Preached in Westminster Abbey

Source: Sermons on Special Occasions: Preached in Westminster Abbey

“Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long outstanding debt, no courtesy or love or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed, by which you can promote the glory of God, or good-will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such, I beseech you, in God's name, in Christ's name, go and do it.”

Ifs Men Kind Long Earth Names Christ Duty Honor Glory Ancient Deeds Humble Debt Dues Quarrels Courtesy Reconciliation Payment Good Will Outstanding Glory Of God Charitable

Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

“The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will.”

Heart Soul Religion Jesus Energy Understanding Christ Jesus Christ Warmth Penetrate Saviour Elevation True Religion

Book:Thoughts that breathe

Source: Thoughts that breathe

“I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold - and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.”

Heart Christian Suffering Christ Water Feet Cold Praying Red Hot Prison Chains Fifty Pounds Iron Communist Throat Salt Starving Inexplicable Fervor Red Hot

Author:Richard Wurmbrand

“Some leaders of denominations are not of the Bride of Christ. They are leaders in a Church in which many have long since betrayed the Master. When they meet someone of the Underground Church, a martyr, they look at him strangely.”

Looks Long Christ Church Leader Masters Betrayed Martyr Brides Denominations

Book:Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition

Source: Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition

“I wish that we had much more of the Spirit of Christ and a great deal less self, and less of human opinions. If we err, let it be on the side of mercy rather than on the side of condemnation and harsh dealing.”

Ifs Humans Self Spirit Wish Sides Christ Deals Opinion Mercy Harsh Condemnation

Author:Ellen G. White

“Many are to believe on Christ through the communication of truth by His servants. As they see the beauty of the Word of God, and as they see Jesus revealed in the lives of His children, they will praise Him with heart and soul and voice.”

Believe Heart Children Soul Jesus Voice Christ Communication Praise Servant Word Of God Heart And Soul

Author:Ellen G. White

“God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.”

Humans Made Sides Christ Divine Standards Distinction Righteousness High Standards Divine Wisdom

Book:Ellen G. White Special Testimonies Series: A and B

Source: Ellen G. White Special Testimonies Series: A and B

“If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.”

Ifs World Christ This World Surrender

Author:Ellen G. White

“The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit.”

Spirit Christ Missionary

Book:The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 5. The Great Controversy—Illustrated

Source: The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 5. The Great Controversy—Illustrated

“Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things which are not our own, we can have no just claim.”

Christ Justice Taught Lessons Claims Sublime Vines Taught Us Parables Dressers

Author:James F. Cooper

“If the world is ever conquered for our Lord, it is not by ministers, nor by office-bearers, nor by the great, and noble and mighty, but by every member of Christ's body being a working member; doing his work; filling his own sphere; holding his own post; and saying to Jesus, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"”

Ifs World Body Jesus Christ Lord Members Office Noble Posts Ministers Spheres Filling Our Lord

Author:Thomas Guthrie

“Scatter money in a crowd, how they scramble for it; offer bread to the starving, how greedily they seize it; throw a rope to the drowning, how he eagerly grasps it! With like eagerness and earnestness may the Spirit of God help you to lay hold on Christ.”

May Helping Spirit Christ Offers Lays Crowds Bread Rope Starving Drowning Spirit Of God God Help Eagerness Earnestness

Book:The Way to Life: Sermons

Source: The Way to Life: Sermons

“Jesus Christ is, in the noblest and most perfect sense, the realized ideal of humanity.”

Humanity Jesus Christ Perfect Jesus Christ Ideals

Author:Johann Gottfried Herder

“I am interested in most mythology. Celtic or Christian no more than anything else. I will admit to a pleasure and sense of hope in what I see as the basic teachings of Christ, stripped of the nonsense that has sometimes been accumulated about them and the embarrassing misunderstanding.”

Sometimes Christian Christ Pleasure Teaching Mythology Nonsense Embarrassing Misunderstanding Celtic

Author:Tanith Lee

“It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition, especially from the unlearned among the Christians, who thought that it savoured of Polytheism , that it was introduced by those who had had a philosophical education, and was by degrees adopted by others, on account of its covering the great offence of the cross , by exalting the personal dignity of our Saviour.”

Christian Christ Circumstances Degrees Dignity Crosses Accounts Philosophical Doctrine Divinity Opposition Evident Adopted Covering Saviour Offence Personal Dignity Polytheism

Book:A History of the Corruptions of Christianity

Source: A History of the Corruptions of Christianity

“Our Lord Jesus Christ, a little before his departure, commissioned his apostles to Go, and teach all nations; or, as another evangelist expresses it, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation. They accordingly went forth in obedience to the command, and the power of God evidently wrought with them.”

Source: An Enquiry Into the Obligations of Christians, to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings are Considered,

“What is honor, and riches, and the favor of creatures - so long as I lack the favor of God, the pardon of my sins, a saving interest in Christ, and the hope of glory! O Lord, give me these, or I die! Give me these, or else I shall eternally die!”