Gardiner Spring Quotes

• There is one grace you cannot counterfeit . . . the grace of perseverance.

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  Perseverance, Grace, Counterfeit

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• Faith in Christ is not an exercise of the understanding merely; it is an affection of the heart. "With the heart man believeth." To those who believe Christ is precious.

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  Believe, Heart, Exercise

  Gardiner Spring (1819). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.96

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• Serve God, and God will take care of you. Submit to His will, trust in His grace, and resign yourself into His hands with the assurance that the Lord is well pleased with those that hope in His mercy.

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  Hands, Grace, Care

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.222

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• The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to save him from hell, is as ignorant of the power as he is a stranger to the consolation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Men, Thinking

  Gardiner Spring (1829). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.113

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• This is the spirit of prayer--sincere, humble, believing, submissive. Other prayer than this the Bible does not require--God will not accept.

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  Prayer, Believe, Humble

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.167

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• It is one thing to mourn for sin because it exposes us to hell, and another to mourn for it because it is an infinite evil. It is one thing to mourn for it because it is injurious to ourselves; another, to mourn for it because it is offensive to God. It is one thing to be terrified; another, to be humbled.

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  Evil, Offensive, Sin

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.96

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• Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Keep near to the fountain-head and with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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  Water, Joy, Fountain

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• The act of the soul, in surrendering itself into the hands of Christ, forms a connecting bond between Him as the Vine and the soul as the branches, which communicates life, strength, nourishment, and beauty. In a word, with a just view of the character, and a supreme attachment to the person of Christ, the believer yields himself into His hands as a full and complete Saviour. Him he receives; upon Him he rests, and rests for time and eternity.

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  Character, Yield, Attachment

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.122

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• If you have nothing of the spirit of prayer, nothing of the love of the brotherhood, nothing of mortifying the spirit of the world, nothing of growth in grace, of cordial, habitual, persevering obedience to the Divine commands, how can it be that you have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ?

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  Prayer, Blood, Grace

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.225

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• The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object of the one is the agreement of the several parts of a theological proposition; the object of the other is moral beauty, the intrinsic loveliness of God and Divine things. The sinner sees and hates; the saint sees and loves.

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  Christian, Hate, Lying

  Gardiner Spring (1819). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.25

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• Faith from, its essential nature implies the fallen state of man, while it recognizes the principles of the covenant of grace. It is itself the condition of that covenant. It is a grace which is alike distinguished from the love of angels and the faith of devils. It is peculiar to the returning sinner. None but a lost sinner needs it; none but a humbled sinner relishes it.

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  Angel, Men, Grace

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 233. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• The evidence of our acceptance in the Beloved rises in proportion to our love, to our repentance, to our humility, to our faith, to our self-denial, to our delight in duty. Other evidence than this the Bible knows not God has not given.

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  Humility, Acceptance, Self

  Gardiner Spring (1819). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.53

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• The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows in grace. Grace in the heart as certainly improves and advances, as a tree thrives in a kindly and well watered soil.

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  Christian, Character, Heart

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 294. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• The great object of the Christian is duty; his predominant desire to obey God. When he can please the world consistently with these, he will do so; otherwise it is enough for him that God commands, and enough for them that he cannot disobey.

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  Christian, Desire, World

  Gardiner Spring (1819). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.153

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• The gospel breathes the spirit of love. Love is the fulfilling of its precepts, the pledge of its joys, and the evidence of its power.

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  Love Is, Joy, Spirit

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.177

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