Herald Blasts — "When God's Fire is Burning"

1909

A cold church will soon begin to warm up when God's fire is burning in the preacher's heart.

"I shall not want," is always the song of the soul in which there is no doubt.

Whoever gives his body to be burned, and has not love, throws away his ashes.

No greater mistake can be made than to make the accumulation of riches the first business of life.

The lantern that only shines when the sun shines will never be of any service to those who are lost.

Unless we say "Our Father" in our money getting, we cannot worship God by saying it in church.

Without consistent Christian life to back up the preacher, there is no use in ringing the church bell.

The preacher who puts thought into his sermons will, sooner or later, find himself preaching to people who think.

It hurts more to live a day without prayer than without bread.

Suppose there are hypocrites in the church, does that make your sinning any safer?

The man who loves sin is a sinner, no matter how much he pays for a pew in church.

Begin every day with this thought: What happens to-day will be what God sees is best.

The Christian never has to count his cash to find out how much he has to be thankful for.

Isn't there a strong touch of hypocrisy in thanking God for the bread and finding fault with the cook? — Home Herald.

Ram's Horns – Observations on The Christian Life

1895

The devil never makes any flank movements for which God is not prepared.

Put a pig in a parlor, and its first question will be, "Well, Where's your mud?"

There are a good many things the devil can't do without the help of a hypocrite.

Whoever gives as God prospers him, will never have to stop giving for lack of funds.

Until we are willing to do all in our power to answer our prayer, we do not pray.

The man who can learn from his own mistakes, can always be learning something.

Whenever God's chariot comes to a standstill, it is because there are obstacles in the way that human hands can remove.

Before we try to lead others, we ought to be sure that we are closely following Christ.

Many are willing to do what God wants them to do, who don't want to be what he wants them to be.

The man who puts the bottle to his neighbor's lips, first puts a nail through the hand of Christ.

The devil's work in this world has always been most hindered by those who were most like Christ.

No matter how large the gift, or how bright, it means nothing, unless behind it there is a heart that worships.

A revival is badly needed where the people who try the hardest to run the church never go to prayer meeting.

Christ never authorized anybody to make a prayer for the salvation of men, that could he measured by square miles.

No matter what a man says in church, you know what kind of religion he has when you know what kind of company he keeps. — Ram's Horn.