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“God’s wonderful purpose of grace, the mystery of redeeming love, is the theme into which “angels desire to look,” and it will be their study throughout endless ages.”

“For more than a thousand years the Jewish people had awaited the Saviour’s coming.”

“When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son.”

“The King of glory stooped low to take humanity.”

“As Simeon enters the temple, he sees a family presenting their first-born son before the priest.”

“The magi learned with joy that His coming was near, and that the whole world was to be filled with a knowledge of the glory of the Lord.”

“His mind was active and penetrating, with a thoughtfulness and wisdom beyond His years.”

“In preparing the way for Christ’s first advent, he was a representative of those who are to prepare a people for our Lord’s second coming.”

“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

“It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

“Thus He showed His sympathy with men, and His desire to minister to their happiness.”

“He lifts His hand, so often employed in deeds of mercy, and says to the angry sea, “Peace, be still.””

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”

“O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done.”

“Suddenly the gloom lifted from the cross, and in clear, trumpetlike tones, that seemed to resound throughout creation, Jesus cried, “It is finished.””

“He who had vanquished death and the grave came forth from the tomb with the tread of a conqueror, amid the reeling of the earth, the flashing of lightning, and the roaring of thunder.”

“With hands outstretched in blessing, and as if in assurance of His protecting care, He slowly ascended from among them, drawn heavenward by a power stronger than any earthly attraction.”

“Nature and revelation alike testify of God’s love.”

“The mystic ladder of his dream represented Jesus, the only medium of communication between God and man.”

“The Pharisee’s boastful, self-righteous prayer showed that his heart was closed against the influence of the Holy Spirit.”

“The confession that is the outpouring of the inmost soul finds its way to the God of infinite pity.”

“You can give Him your will; He will then work in you to will and to do according to His good pleasure.”

“If you believe the promise,—believe that you are forgiven and cleansed,—God supplies the fact; you are made whole, just as Christ gave the paralytic power to walk when the man believed that he was healed.”

“But obedience is the fruit of faith.”

“It is by His power that the seed develops, “first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.” Mark 4:28.”

“When the love of Christ is enshrined in the heart, like sweet fragrance it cannot be hidden.”

“As we thus contemplate heavenly themes, our faith and love will grow stronger, and our prayers will be more and more acceptable to God, because they will be more and more mixed with faith and love.”

“Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend.”

“And as we draw near to Jesus, and rejoice in the fullness of His love, our doubt and darkness will disappear in the light of His presence.”

“His heart was a wellspring of life, and wherever He went He carried rest and peace, joy and gladness.”

“The Holy Scriptures are to be accepted as an authoritative, infallible revelation of His will.”

“Not one Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem.”

“The followers of Christ must tread the same path of humiliation, reproach, and suffering which their Master trod.”

“Such were the results of banishing the word of God.”

“The Vaudois churches, in their purity and simplicity, resembled the church of apostolic times.”

“John Wycliffe was the herald of reform, not for England alone, but for all Christendom.”

“The Bible was translated, and public worship was conducted, in the language of the people.”

“From that time he saw more clearly than ever before the fallacy of trusting to human works for salvation, and the necessity of constant faith in the merits of Christ.”

“Here I stand, I can do no other; may God help me.”

“He submitted himself to the Bible as the word of God, the only sufficient, infallible rule.”

“Increasing numbers joined the cause of the heroic man who had, at such fearful odds, defended the word of God.”

“The courage, faith, and firmness of those men of God gained for succeeding ages liberty of thought and of conscience.”

“The bishop greatly desired that his people might have access to the word of God for themselves, and this was soon accomplished.”

“The teachings of Luther found a congenial soil in the Netherlands, and earnest and faithful men arose to preach the gospel.”

“While Luther was opening a closed Bible to the people of Germany, Tyndale was impelled by the Spirit of God to do the same for England.”

“In the darkest times there were faithful men who loved God’s word and were jealous for His honor.”

“They reasoned that God has in His word established the regulations governing His worship, and that men are not at liberty to add to these or to detract from them.”

“The coming of the Lord has been in all ages the hope of His true followers.”

“Miller publicly professed his faith in the religion which he had despised.”

“Christ had come at the exact time and in the manner foretold by prophecy.”

“In different lands there were isolated bodies of Christians who, solely by the study of the Scriptures, arrived at the belief that the Saviour’s advent was near.”

“He who deliberately stifles his convictions of duty because it interferes with his inclinations will finally lose the power to distinguish between truth and error.”

“And though the believers could not explain their disappointment, they felt assured that God had led them in their past experience.”

“The sanctuary in heaven, in which Jesus ministers in our behalf, is the great original, of which the sanctuary built by Moses was a copy.”

“How much more essential in this antitypical Day of Atonement that we understand the work of our High Priest and know what duties are required of us.”

“The ark in the tabernacle on earth contained the two tables of stone, upon which were inscribed the precepts of the law of God.”

“When the foundations of the earth were laid, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy, then was laid the foundation of the Sabbath.”

“The things they once hated they now loved, and the things they once loved they hated.”

“Jesus will appear as their advocate, to plead in their behalf before God.”

“God desires from all His creatures the service of love—homage that springs from an intelligent appreciation of His character.”

“Satan’s enmity against the human race is kindled because, through Christ, they are the objects of God’s love and mercy.”

“The angels appointed to minister to the children of God have at all times access to His presence.”

“Satan well knows that all whom he can lead to neglect prayer and the searching of the Scriptures, will be overcome by his attacks.”

“God is love; and all that He created was pure, holy, and lovely, until sin was brought in by the first great rebel.”

“The ministration of holy angels, as presented in the Scriptures, is a truth most comforting and precious to every follower of Christ.”

“In the light shining from the cross, true Christianity appears so pure and lovely that no external decorations can enhance its true worth.”

“The Bible is within the reach of all, but there are few who really accept it as the guide of life.”

“None but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict.”

“But not one is made to suffer the wrath of God until the truth has been brought home to his mind and conscience, and has been rejected.”

“Jacob’s night of anguish, when he wrestled in prayer for deliverance from the hand of Esau (Genesis 32:24-30), represents the experience of God’s people in the time of trouble.”

“It is at midnight that God manifests His power for the deliverance of His people.”

“For a thousand years, Satan will wander to and fro in the desolate earth to behold the results of his rebellion against the law of God.”

“From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.”