Quotes of the day
Let us acknowledge that conflicts between law and grace do not arise except when men refuse to accept God's saving suggestions. And as for the relation of the philanthropic motive to the eternal motive -- what is more eternal than love for men? What is more divine than the anxiety to give others rest, opportunity, the spiritual life? If Ex. xxiii, 12, does not breathe the love of a righteous God for lost souls, what scripture breathes it? To keep the Sabbath for men's sake, that they may keep it, is to keep it for God's sake. The Sabbath was made for man, and, to the eye of faith, God was made flesh for man. (A. H. Lewis, Spiritual Sabbathism)
Lord, let us to thy gates repair
To hear the gladdening sound,
That we may find salvation there,
While yet it may be found.
There let us joy and comfort reap;
There teach us how to pray,
For grace to choose, and strength to keep
The strait, the narrow way.
And so increase our love for Thee,
That all our future days
May one continued Sabbath be
Of gratitude and praise.
( William Samways Oke)
If time flies when you're having fun, it hits the afterburners when you don't think you're having enough (Jef Mallett)