George C. Lorimer Born : 1838 Died : September 8, 1904 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by George C. Lorimer Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. George C. Lorimer putting-things-off procrastination inspirational Though you are weak and frail, though you are poor and helpless, God does not despise you; but would glorify your being with His own, and raise you to fellowship with Himself. George C. Lorimer fellowship poor doe Christ's divinity accounts for His exaltation to the right hand of God, justifies the worship of angels and the confidence of mankind. It makes clear His right to the throne of the universe, and enables the mind to understand why He is exalted in providence, in grace, and in judgment. It is the unifying truth that harmonizes all other teachings of Christianity, and renders the entire system symmetrical and complete. George C. Lorimer angel teaching hands There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive. George C. Lorimer atmosphere church long To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine statute. It is the surrender of self to an ennobling work, an absolute subordination of personal advantages and of personal pleasures for the sake of truth and the welfare of others, and a willing acceptance of every disability which their interests may entail. George C. Lorimer acceptance self may The human mind may know God, and learn of God, though it has no terms by which to explain Him; it may think of Him as Absolute, as Infinite, as Personal, while it may never in this life be able to fathom the full meaning of these sublime ideas. George C. Lorimer mind ideas thinking Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or tear, but has its antidote in God's rich and inexhaustible resources. George C. Lorimer bereavement disappointment god Biographies by preachers are of no value. If they admire a man they always make him a saint, while if they dislike one, they always make him a demon. George C. Lorimer atheism saint men
