Category: Wisdom of the Ages

Wanted – Josiah G. Holland

Wanted – Josiah G. Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland-rs

WANTED

“God, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.”
– Josiah Gilbert Holland

John Calvin – Repentance

John Calvin – Repentance

John Calvin

“Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit”
-John Calvin

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“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”
Romans 2:4

Taught of God

Taught of God

william law

“This new birth in Christ, thus firmly believed and continually desired, will do everything that thou wantest to have done in thee, it will dry up all the springs of vice, stop all the workings of evil in thy nature, it will bring all that is good into thee, it will open all the gospel within thee, and thou wilt know what it is to be taught of God“
– William Law – (A Word in Season)

Doing Good

Doing Good

Martyr George

“…in these days whoever will do even a little good, in accordance with his powers, will please God and be called great in the heavenly kingdom: for the small good deed done willingly, of one’s own accord, is accepted by the Lord like a great good.”
– Martyr George the Victory-Bearer

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“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”
Matthew 10:24

A.W. Tozer – The Life of the Church

A.W. Tozer – The Life of the Church

AW Tozer
“The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray”
A.W. Tozer

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“But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost”
Jude 1:21