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The Fall of a Nation

The Fall of a Nation

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“When the bonds which knit society to God are relaxed, selfishness soon becomes furious, and forcibly seizes what it lusts after, regardless of others’ rights. Sin saps the very foundations of social life, and makes men into tigers, more destructive to each other than wild beasts. All our grand modern schemes for the reformation of society will fail unless they begin with the reformation of the individual. To walk with God is the true way to make men gentle and pitying.”

– Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren

Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature’s will

Wisdom of the Ages

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Alexander MacLaren

“Love is the only fire that is hot enough
to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature’s will”
Alexander MacLaren

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“Keep yourselves in the love of God…”
Jude 1:21

Wisdom of the Ages – Alexander MacLaren

They who, one by one, come to Jesus and meet Him alone, next find that they are come to the city of God “and to an innumerable company”

Wisdom of the Ages

“The act of faith, which separates us from all men, unites us for the first time in real brotherhood; and they who, one by one, come to Jesus and meet Him alone, next find that they are come to the city of God “and to an innumerable company.”
– Alexander MacLaren

Wisdom of the Ages – Alexander MacLaren

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present

Wisdom of the Ages

“Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present”
– Alexander MacLaren

Wisdom of the Ages – Alexander MacLaren

Wisdom of the Ages

“The true confidence which is faith in Christ,
and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself–are identical”
Alexander MacLaren

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