“Light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord's return, and the assurance of everlasting glory.” LightLordDarknessReturnPromiseGloryBibleAssuranceEverlastingOur Lord Author:Dwight L. Moody
“We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in consequence of their transgressions a curse has been inflicted upon them - in the darkness of their skins. We will have intermarriages with them, they marrying our young women, and we taking their young squaws to wife. By these means it is the will of the Lord that the curse of their color shall be removed and they restored to their pristine beauty.” MeanHas BeensShowsYoungLordDarknessWifeColorConsequenceSkinsCurseNativeInstructionNative AmericanYoung WomenMessengersMarryingPolygamyTransgressionPristineIntermarriage Author:Brigham Young
“Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the light and only by sincerely confessing one's sins to God that one finds true peace and true joy. It is therefore important to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly, especially during Lent, in order to receive the Lord's forgiveness and to intensify our process of conversion.” MenImportantSometimesLightJoyOrderProcessSinLordDarknessMen And WomenOneselfConversionOpeningNeverthelessSacramentsSincerelyPenanceConfessingTrue JoyTrue Peace Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Though I be shut in darkness, and become insentient dust blown idly here and there, I count oblivion a scant price to pay for having once had held against my lip life's brimming cup of hydromel and rue--for having once known woman's holy love and a child's kiss, and for a little space been boon companion to the Day and Night, Fed on the odors of the summer dawn, and folded in the beauty of the stars. Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, and serve the potter as he turns his wheel, I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!” LifeChildrenLittlesNightTurnsStarsSpacePayKnownLordDarknessChangedTearsHolyKissingSummerLipsDearDustCupsTheeDawnWheelsFedsCompanionOblivionClayPottersHere And ThereGraciousDay And NightOdorBoonRueDear Lord Book:The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems Source: The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems
“I believe the message in the hymn "Rise Up, O Men of God" (Hymns, no. 324) is a plea, a call, a divine invitation for us to rise above the telestial tinsel of our time; to deny ourselves of ungodliness and clothe ourselves in the mantle of holiness; to reach and stretch and grasp for that spiritual direction and sacred empowerment promised to the Lord's agents, to those charged to act in the name of our Principal, Jesus Christ; and to point the way to salvation and deliverance and peace in a world that finds itself enshrouded in darkness, a world that yearns for spiritual leadership.” MenWorldWayBelieveSpiritualJesusNamesI BelieveChristLordDarknessDivineMessagesJesus ChristEmpowermentSacredSalvationDenyAgentsOur TimeHolinessPrincipalInvitationsRise AboveDeliveranceHymnsSpiritual DirectionMan Of GodTinselSpiritual Leadership Author:Robert L. Millet
“Waiting for the Lord in a season of darkness should not be a time of inactivity. We should do what we can do. And doing is often God's appointed remedy for despair.” ShouldWaitingCan DoLordDarknessDespairDepressionSeasonsRemedyInactivity Author:John Piper
“For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging to the place of salvation ...Joseph Smith declared that in the year 1820 the Lord revealed to him that all the 'Christian' churches were in error, teaching for commandments the doctrines of men.” MenWorldYearsChristianSpiritualChurchLordDarknessTeachingTruth IsFundamentalsSalvationErrorsDoctrineBelongingCommandmentsVeilsChristian ChurchJoseph SmithSpiritual Darkness Author:Joseph Fielding Smith
“Do not become the candle that gives light to others but itself remains in darkness. Do not follow the desires of your lower self. Should the Lord wish, He himself will pick you out and prompt you to be a source of guidance. He Himself shall endow you with the inner strength to endure the changes of fortune and will instill within you infinite wisdom.” GivingShouldSelfLightDesireWishLordDarknessSourcePicksInfiniteRemainsFortuneEndureGuidanceInner StrengthCandleWithin YouPromptsInstill Author:Abdul-Qadir Gilani
“Whatever your vocation is, you are destined to reign in life because Jesus is Lord of your life. When you reign in life, you reign over sin, you reign over the powers of darkness, and you reign over depression, over poverty, over every curse, and over every sickness and disease. You REIGN over the devil and all his devices!” JesusSinLordPovertyDarknessDiseaseDevilCurseSicknessDevicesReignDestinedVocation Author:Joseph Prince
“Remember all those who suffer from their own downfall, after having believed themselves to be winners, and who now weep for the many lost hours. So while you still have time, seek to enrich your own spirits for the tomorrow which awaits you because, in accordance with the teachings of the Lord, it is of no use to retain the outward appearance of the splendor of all the empires of this world, if you maintain darkness within your heart.” IfsWorldHeartStillsUseRememberSpiritSufferingLostHoursLordDarknessTeachingThis WorldTomorrowAppearanceWinnerEmpiresSplendorDownfallOutward AppearanceDarkness Within Author:Chico Xavier