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O PRAYER, prayer! It brings and keeps God and man together. It raises up man to God, and brings down God to man.
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It is remarked of Old Testament saints, that they rose early in the morning; and particularly of our Lord, that He rose a great while before day to pray. The morning befriends devotion; and if people cannot use so much self-denial as to rise early to pray, I know not how they will be able to die at a stake for Jesus Christ.
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Good works have their proper place. They justify our faith, though not our persons; they follow it, and evidence our justification in the sight of men.
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Do not say I preach despair. I despair of no one, when I consider God had mercy on such a wretch as I, who was running in a full career to hell.
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Give the world the lie. Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey; but strive for the mark set before you.
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If any here do expect fine preaching from me to-day, they will go away disappointed. I came not here to shoot over people’s heads, but, if the Lord be pleased to bless me, to reach their hearts.
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Why should I lean upon a broken reed, when I can have the Rock of Ages to stand upon, that shall never be moved?
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O grey-headed sinners! I could weep over you. Your grey hairs, which ought to be your crown, are now your shame.
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Come, little children, come to Christ. Come while you are young. Do not stay for other people. If your fathers and mothers will not come to Christ, come you without them.
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What if thou hadst committed the sins of a thousand—what if thou hadst committed the sins of a million worlds? Christ’s righteousness will cover, Christ’s blood will cleanse thee from the guilt of all.
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It is very remarkable that the Old Testament ends with the word curse; but the New with a precious blessing, even the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is not only a help, but a present help; the gates of the New Jerusalem stand open night and day.
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Did you ever hear any of the devil’s children compose an ode, that the devil is “our refuge,” that the god of this world is a present help in time of trouble? Did you ever hear any say that the forty-sixth Psalm was founded on a lie?
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What will you do when the elements shall melt with fervent heat? when this earth, with all its fine furniture, shall be burnt up? when the angel shall cry that time shall be no more?
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There is no river to make glad the inhabitants of hell, no streams to cool them in the scorching fire.
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Fly, sinner, fly! God help thee to fly! Hark, hear the word of the Lord! See the world consumed, the Avenger at thy heels! Before to-morrow you may be damned for ever!
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We do not live up to our dignity, till every day we are waiting for the coming of our Lord from heaven.
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I did not speak that word strong enough, which says, “He that believeth not shall be damned.” It is said of one of the primitive preachers, that he used so to speak that word “damned,” that it struck all his hearers. We are afraid of speaking that word, for fear of offending such and such; who yet despise the servant for not being so honest as his Master.