A heart renewed--a loving heart--a penitent and humble heart--a heart broken and contrite, purified by love--that and only that is the rest of men. Spotlessness may do for angels, repentance unto life is the highest that belongs to man. Frederick William Robertson More Quotes by Frederick William Robertson More Quotes From Frederick William Robertson There is a mighty gulf between those who love and those who do not love God To the one class we owe civility, courtesy, kindness, even tenderness. It is only those who love the Lord who should find in our hearts a home. Frederick William Robertson kindness home heart The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. Frederick William Robertson trials found love Every natural longing has its natural satisfaction. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst. If we are susceptible of attachment, there are beings to gratify that love. If we thirst for life and love eternal, it is likely that there are an eternal life and an eternal love to satisfy that craving. Frederick William Robertson eternal-love life-and-love attachment In these two things the greatness of man consists, to have God dwelling in us as to impart His character to us, and to have Him dwelling in us, that we recognize His presence, and know that we are His, and He is ours. The one is salvation; the other, the assurance of it. Frederick William Robertson greatness character men What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but because he perceives that they are beautiful, and that it is touching and fine to say them,-things which he fain would feel, and fancies that he does feel. Frederick William Robertson beautiful men mean We are too much haunted by ourselves, projecting the central shadow of self on everything around us. And then comes the Gospel to rescue us from this selfishness. Redemption is this, to forget self in God. Frederick William Robertson redemption shadow self Earth has not a spectacle more glorious or more fair to show than this love tolerating intolerance; charity covering, as with a vail, even the sin of the lack of charity. Frederick William Robertson covering charity earth Poetry creates life; Science dissects death. Frederick William Robertson accounts science death The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this, that you recognize them as wisdom which has passed across your own mind. You feel that they are your own thoughts come back to you. Frederick William Robertson charm mind men Women and God are the two rocks on which a man must either anchor or be wrecked. Frederick William Robertson women anchors rocks To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity. Frederick William Robertson wine christian water To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Frederick William Robertson strong doubt believe No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. Frederick William Robertson inward effort happiness This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come. Frederick William Robertson he-man men world However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do. Frederick William Robertson christian dark character Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule. Frederick William Robertson communication home heart It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There never was a principle but what triumphed through much evil; no man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. Frederick William Robertson greatness mistake men It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions. Frederick William Robertson habit opinion life He in whose heart the law was, and who alone of all mankind was content to do it, His sacrifice alone can be the sacrifice all-sufficient in the Father's sight as the proper sacrifice of humanity; He who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, He alone can give the Spirit which enables us to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. He is the only High-Priest of the universe. Frederick William Robertson sacrifice heart father Only what coronation is in an earthly way, baptism is in a heavenly way; God's authoritative declaration in material form of a spiritual reality. Frederick William Robertson baptism spiritual reality
