“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!” GivingLongDiesInterestChristSinLordHonorCreaturesGloryGive MeRichesFavorsSavingPardonFavor Of God Author:Thomas Brooks
“If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.” IfsJesusChristJesus ChristPardonJudas Author:Victor Hugo
“Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow, my peace amid tumult. For all the evil I have committed, my gracious pardon; and for every effort, my exceeding great reward. I have found it to be so. I can smile with pity at the infidel whose vanity makes him dream that I should barter such a blessing for the few subtleties from the school of the cold-blooded sophists.” ShouldI CanDreamSchoolJoyEvilFoundChristWealthEffortPovertyColdSorrowBlessingAll ThingsRewardsCommittedPityVanityPreservesPardonGraciousSubtletyInfidelTumultCold BloodedGreat Reward Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Ah! happy day they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his plan And cleanse his soul from Sin? How else but through a broken heart May Lord Christ enter in?” MenHeartMaySoulWinningChristSinLordBreakPlansBrokenPardonHappy Day Author:Oscar Wilde
“And for our unparalleled ingratitude to that Adorable Being Who has seated us in a land irradiated by the cheering beams of the Gospel of Jesus Christ ... let us fall prostrate before offended Deity, confess sincerely and penitently our manifold sins and our unworthiness of the least of His Divine favors, fervently implore His pardon through the merits of our mediator.” FallJesusChristSinLandDivineJesus ChristFavorsMeritCheerOffendedDeitiesSincerelyPardonBeamAdorableIngratitudeManifoldMediators Author:Elbridge Gerry