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The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.
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Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.
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If you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not 'live no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him who died for you and rose again?' Should any thing short of absolute perfection satisfy you? Should you not labour to 'stand perfect and complete in all the will of God?'
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Learn, brethren, before it be too late, that 'without Christ you can do nothing:' that 'all your fresh springs are in him:' and 'of him must your fruit be founds:' 'in him alone shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.'
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We shall do well ever to remember, that Christianity is not a mere speculative theory, that is to inform the mind; but a great practical lesson, to renew the heart, and to bring us back to the state from whence we are fallen.
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Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to learn: 1. Humility. 2. Humility. 3. Humility. How long are we learning the true nature of Christianity!
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With this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incessantly to cultivate the deepest humiliation before God.
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My dear brother, we must not mind a little suffering for Christs sake. When I am getting through a hedge, if my head and shoulders are safely through, I can bear the pricking of my legs. Let us rejoice in the remembrance that our holy Head has surmounted all His suffering and triumphed over death. Let us follow Him patiently; we shall soon be partakers of His victory
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The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.
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Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns
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I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
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Born:
September 24, 1759
Died:
November 13, 1836
(aged 77)
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Charles Simeon, was an English evangelical clergyman.
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