“You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's - not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can save you - not even a book that can instruct you, but a book on which you can venture an eternity - not only a book which can give relief to your spirit, but redemption to your soul - a book which contains salvation, and conveys it to you, one which shall at once be the Saviour's book and the sinner's.” MenWantGivingMayBookSoulSpiritBibleEternitySalvationRedemptionYour SoulReliefSinnerVentureSaviour Author:John Selden
“If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of an infinitely pure Spirit for those who are worldly and selfish, licentious and cruel, ambitious and animal! But with this great loathing is a great pity. And the pity conquers the loathing, appeases it, satisfies it, is reconciled with it, only as it redeems the sinner from his loathsomeness, lifts him up from his degradation, brings him to truth and purity, to love and righteousness; for only thus is he or can he be brought to God.” IfsSpiritAnimalPureInfiniteSelfishPityConquerLiftsPuritySinnerRighteousnessAmbitiousUnjustWorldlyDegradationLoathingDrunkardsAppease Author:Lyman Abbott
“Decision is a vastly important thing with a convicted sinner. He must choose, or he must be lost. If he will not do it, he may expect the Divine Spirit to depart from him, and leave him to his own way.” IfsWayMayImportantSpiritLostDecisionDivineImportant ThingsSinner Author:Ichabod Spencer
“There is no reason to believe that the Holy Spirit ever leaves awakened sinners, only as they leave the truth of God for some error or sin.” BelieveReasonSpiritSinHolyErrorsHoly SpiritSinnerNo ReasonAwakenedTruth Of God Book:A PASTOR'S SKETCHES Source: A PASTOR'S SKETCHES
“For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for consolation and relief, by forbidding all the virtues that make existence possible, then riding on the shoulders of your guilt, by declaring production and joy to be sins, then collecting blackmail from the sinners.” RunningEarthJoySpiritReligionSinExistenceVirtueCenturyGuiltProductionsProtectionShouldersReliefSinnerRidingConsolationUnbearableCollectingDeclaringRacketChargingBlackmail Book:For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)