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    Archibald Alexander - 22nd October 1851

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    He Being Dead Yet Speaketh. A gathering of quotes by individual Christian men and women from the past - These are uploaded on the anniversary of their ‘falling asleep’ and intended to inspire us, as we read their words, to follow their good example. They are also meant to further encourage us to read more of their works.

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    He Being Dead Yet Speaketh. A gathering of quotes by individual Christian men and women from the past - These are uploaded on the anniversary of their ‘falling asleep’ and intended to inspire us, as we read their words, to follow their good example. They are also meant to further encourage us to read more of their works.

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    Archibald Alexander - 22nd October 1851

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    He Being Dead Yet Speaketh. A gathering of quotes by individual Christian men and women from the past - These are uploaded on the anniversary of their ‘falling asleep’ and intended to inspire us, as we read their words, to follow their good example. They are also meant to further encourage us to read more of their works.

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    (Heb.

    11:4)

    Archibal Alexander
    Died
    22nd October 1851

     Gratitude is the soul of heart-religion. 

     In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the


    ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could
    have discovered these truths; not to declare whether, considered
    in themselves, they appear probable; but to decide whether it is
    not more reasonable to believe what God speaks than to confide
    in our own crude and feeble conceptions. No doctrine can be a
    proper object of our faith, which is not more reasonable to believe
    than to reject.

     All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass -"Jesus Christ


    came into the world to save sinners."

     Let the worldlings have the world, and make the most of it! I will
    never envy their prosperity, for it is but for a moment, and then,
    like a passing scene in a drama, disappears forever! 
     Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself
    better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but
    come at once - come as you are.

     True faith cannot exist without love -- it works by love.

     The truly regenerated man hates, opposes, and endeavors to


    extirpate ALL sin.

     The proof of the wickedness of man is found in every part of the


    Bible; and it is a truth confirmed by all history and experience.
    That a reformation would be desirable, and that all men need to
    be made better than they are, will not be denied. But there is a
    deep-rooted opinion in the minds of men, that this reformation
    and return to the service of God, will be easy whenever they shall
    determine upon it. The need for supernatural power to regenerate
    the soul is not commonly felt.

     Let pious parents learn never to give over praying for their
    unconverted children, however hopeless the case may seem to
    be, for God will in faithfulness hear their supplications, and
    answer them sooner or later in one way or another.

     Spiritual life is progressive in its nature. Habitual growth in grace


    is the best evidence of its reality .

     Prayer is everywhere in the Bible recognized as proper, and


    inculcated as a duty. But it is also a most precious privilege, one
    of the richest blessings conferred on man. It opens a method of
    fellowship and communion with our Father in heaven; it
    furnishes a refuge for the soul oppressed with sin and sorrow; it
    affords an opportunity to the heart overwhelmed with an
    intolerable weight of misery to unburden itself, to pour its griefs
    into the ear of one who can pity and help.
     It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply
    to its Creator for what it needs, as for a child thus to solicit the
    aid of a parent who is believed to have the disposition and ability
    to bestow what it needs.

     It may, however, be laid down as a sound maxim, that in


    proportion as the truth of God is clearly brought to view, and
    faithfully applied to the heart and conscience, the good effects
    will be manifest.

     The ALMOST Christian may have a speculative knowledge of all


    the leading truths of Christianity, and may be able to defend
    them. He entertains a great respect for religion and its professors
    and institutions. The ALMOST Christian feels a strong desire to
    enjoy the benefits of the gospel, and may often have his affections
    much moved, and may form many good resolutions; he may
    indeed possess a counterfeit of experimental religion, so like that
    it may deceive not only the man himself, but the most judicious
    ministers. The Almost Christian may be exceedingly
    conscientious and exact in attending on all the external duties of
    religion; as touching these, he may be "blameless;" and in regard
    to zeal, he may be ardent, so as to put to the blush the real
    believer. He may also be liberal, and contribute liberally for the
    support of the gospel, and to feed the poor. He may become a
    popular preacher of the gospel, and be the means of the
    conversion of others. He may even go to foreign lands, to bear the
    glad tidings of salvation to the heathen. He may, in short, do
    everything which the real Christian does, and feel everything
    which the real Christian feels—but one. He fails in one single
    point, but that is an essential point. He never has given his heart
    to God. He loves the world better than he loves Christ .
     No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was
    ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin
    abounded, grace shall much more abound.

     The worship due to the great Creator requires time for the
    contemplation of his attributes, as revealed in his glorious works.

     Where sin is truly repented of, there is always a willingness, and


    even a desire to confess it.

     The Christian life is sustained by prayer. By it every grace is


    exercised, every blessing is obtained.

     Love to the brethren is a vital branch springing out of the root of


    love to God himself.

     Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we


    sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as
    known from reason, conscience, and revelation.

     You are placed in solemn circumstances. Eternity rolls its


    boundless waves just before you! Every year, every month, every
    week, every day, every hour lessens the distance between you
    and the unchangeable state to which you are hastening. The
    precise moment of your entrance into this untried, unknown
    world is hidden from you. Death often comes and knocks at the
    door at a time when least expected. Are you prepared for death?

     Christ is the center of attraction in heaven.

    ‘Friend, remember that it is better to read 1 quote 10 times


    (meditatively) than to read 10 quotes 1 time (superficially).’

    Gathered by Totaf.

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