Thomas Cogswell Upham Quotes

• If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to communicate.

  Thomas Cogswell Upham

  Wisdom, Moments, Length

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• Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life.

  Thomas Cogswell Upham

  Growth, Progress, Gourds

  Thomas Cogswell Upham (1844). “Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the Consideration of Those who are Seeking Assurance of Faith and Perfect Love”, p.283

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• Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long.

  Thomas Cogswell Upham

  Strong, Grief, Dark

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• Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun.

  Thomas Cogswell Upham

  Sun, Rays, Holiness

  Thomas Cogswell Upham (1848). “Religious Maxims, Having a Connection with the Doctrines and Practice of Holiness”, p.8

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