Frederick Brotherton Meyer Quotes

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How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord's holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud purpose of excelling other men, of making a name, of securing money and applause.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Christ's work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
There is nothing the Church of today needs so much as Spiritual Power; and there is nothing which we can have so easily, if only we are prepared to pay the price.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
What a comfort it is to feel that amid the chaos and anarchy which sweep the surface, God is holding fast the foundations on which we build.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
The quiet life is by no means the greatest life. Some characters can only reach the highest standard of spirituality by the disturbings or displacings in the order of God's providence.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
There is no sin so profound, no despondency so low, no misery so abject, but the love of Christ is deeper.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
God is love; to do his will is to scatter love in handfuls of blessing on a weary world.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Consecration is only possible when we give up our will about EVERYTHING.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
When the Bible itself becomes irksome, inquire whether you have not been spoiling your appetite by sweetmeats and renounce them; and believe that the Word is the wire along which the voice of God will certainly come to you if the heart is hushed and the attention fixed.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
To be strong, to steer straight onward, to dare to praise God, to sit alone and keep silence because He has laid it upon us, to put our mouths in the dust, if so be there may be hope — here is fortitude indeed.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Light views of sin give slight views of the sacrifice of Calvary, of the need for propitiation, and of the dread future penalty on willful wrong-doing.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Impressions within and His word without are always corroborated by His Providence around, and we should quietly wait until these three focus into one point.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Praise is one of the greatest acts of which we are capable; and it is most like the service of heaven.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do not be surprised, then, dear child of God, if you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Let us, therefore, not live in the summer‑house of emotion, but in the central citadel of the will, wholly yielded and devoted to the will of God.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer