“Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still.” MenStillsCharacterHandsChristianFacesChurchGracePlansHonestBraveCheerfulCantTrumpetsHonest ManLoathingPretenceGrace Christian Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier
“There cannot be a secret Christian. Grace is like ointment hid in the hand; it betrayeth itself. If you truly feel the sweetness of the cross of Christ, you will be constrained to confess Christ before men.” IfsMenFeelsHandsChristianChristSecretGraceCrossesSweetnessGrace Christian Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne
“True humility is a Christian grace and one of the fruits of the Spirit, originating in a deep consciousness of sin past and present, and leading us to discover our nothingness in the view of God, our insufficiency for any thing that is good, and prompting us, as we feel our infirmities, to strive after higher and yet higher attainments.” FeelsChristianPastSpiritSinViewsConsciousnessGraceHumilityHigherFruitStriveNothingnessAttainmentPast And PresentInfirmityTrue HumilityInsufficiencyFruits Of The SpiritGrace Christian Author:James McCosh
“Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is.” MenChristianGraceCreaturesHatefulRefinementGrace Christian Book:Womankind Source: Womankind
“I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.” IfsChristianGracePlansSubjectsPraiseHatedApologizingAutobiographyBiographiesFlatteryAdulationPlastersGrace Christian Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life