For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have. Hannah Whitall Smith More Quotes by Hannah Whitall Smith More Quotes From Hannah Whitall Smith It is of course evident that everything in one's religious life depends upon the sort of God one worships. The character of the worshiper must necessarily be molded by the character of the object worshipped. If it is a cruel and revengeful God, or a selfish and unjust God, the worshiper will be cruel, and revengeful, and selfish, and unjust, also. If it is a loving, tender, forgiving, unselfish God, the worshiper will be loving, and tender, and forgiving, and unselfish, as well. Hannah Whitall Smith selfish religious god If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls "mounting up with wings as eagles" to the "heavenly places" in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb us. Hannah Whitall Smith eagles wings jesus Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is enough for an untellable fullness of joy! Hannah Whitall Smith lovely blessed joy To be one of God's lilies means an interior abandonment of the rarest kind. It means that we are to be infinitely passive, and yet infinitely active also; passive as regards self and its workings, active as regards attention and response to God. It is very hard to explain this so as to be understood But it means that we must lay down all the activity of the creature, as such, and must let only the activities of God work in us, and through us, and by us. Self must step aside, to let God work. Hannah Whitall Smith self letting-go mean Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God. Hannah Whitall Smith grace together love-you God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be. Hannah Whitall Smith care humans father When all else is gone, God is left, and nothing changes Him. Hannah Whitall Smith encouragement religious gone If we want to be comforted, we must make up our minds to believe every single solitary word of comfort God has ever spoken. Hannah Whitall Smith christian mind believe The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now. Hannah Whitall Smith christian-inspirational christian praise Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed. Hannah Whitall Smith acorns wrecks plant This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable. Hannah Whitall Smith heart long father If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it! Hannah Whitall Smith grandmother grandma fun If our hearts are full of our own wretched "I ams" we will have no ears to hear His glorious, soul-satisfying "I Am." Hannah Whitall Smith soul ears heart Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the high tower of God. Hannah Whitall Smith dwelling-place towers evil I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings. Hannah Whitall Smith holiness cutting soul How often we say about our earthly friends, "I really would like to have a good quiet settled talk with them so that I can really get to know them." And shouldn't we feel the same about our Heavenly Friend, that we may really get to know Him? These thoughts have taught me the importance of the children of God taking time to commune daily with their Father, so that they may get to know His mind and to understand better what His will is. Hannah Whitall Smith prayer father children We were made to be human beings here, and when people try to be anything else, they generally get into some sort of scrapes. Hannah Whitall Smith made trying people Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith. Hannah Whitall Smith eye faith sight A feeling of real need is always a good enough reason to pray. Hannah Whitall Smith real feelings needs I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of brute force; that His rule is over hearts, not over places; that His victories must be inward before they can be outward; that He seeks to control spirits rather than bodies; that no triumph could satisfy Him but a triumph that gains the heart; that in short, where God really reigns, the surrender must be the interior surrender of the convicted free men, and not merely the outward surrender of the conquered slave. Hannah Whitall Smith heart men ideas
