Top 124 quotes by Alexander MacLaren

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Remember that vision on the Mount of Transfiguration; and let it be ours, even in the glare of earthly joys and brightnesses, to lift up our eyes, like those wondering three, and see no man any more, save Jesus only.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1872). “Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester”, p.304

Men , Eye , Jesus

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

Faith , God , Christian

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1859). “Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester”, p.207

Believe , Easter , History

Let us learn how the love of Christ, received into the heart, triumphs gradually but surely over all sin, transforms character, turning even its weakness into strength, and so, from the depths of transgression and the very gates of hell, raises men to God.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1873). “Sermons preached in Manchester”, p.76

Men , Character , Heart

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

God , Christian , Peace

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1910). “The Epistles General of I and II Peter and I John”

People , World , Jesus

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1910). “The Epistles General of I and II Peter and I John”

People , World , Jesus

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Path , Strong , Shoes

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.
Alexander MacLaren

Hands , Heart , Christian

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1871). “Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series”, p.190

Firsts , Men , God Love

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander Maclaren (1901). “The Epistles of St. Paul to the Colossians and Philemon”

Facts , Records , Truth Is

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
Alexander MacLaren

Prayer , Waiting , Thankfulness

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Worship , Acceptable

Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till He does. If you cannot hear His whisper, wait till you do. Take care of running before you are sent. Keep your wills in equipoise till God's hand gives the impulse and direction.
Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Hands , Running , Voice

It is not my strength that grows, so much as God's strength in me, which is given more abundantly as the days roll. It is so given on one condition. If my faith has laid hold of the infinite, the exhaustless, the immortal energy of God, unless there is something fearfully wrong about me, I shall be getting purer, nobler, wiser, more observant of His will; gentler, like Christ; every way fitter for His service, and for larger service, as the days increase.
Alexander MacLaren

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 294), 1895.

Way , Energy , Infinite

It is not my strength that grows, so much as God's strength in me, which is given more abundantly as the days roll. It is so given on one condition. If my faith has laid hold of the infinite, the exhaustless, the immortal energy of God, unless there is something fearfully wrong about me, I shall be getting purer, nobler, wiser, more observant of His will; gentler, like Christ; every way fitter for His service, and for larger service, as the days increase.
Alexander MacLaren

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 294), 1895.

Way , Energy , Infinite