It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness, and unbelief. Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and of conduct. Theodore L. Cuyler More Quotes by Theodore L. Cuyler More Quotes From Theodore L. Cuyler Tears never yet saved a soul. Hell is full of weepers weeping over lost opportunities, perhaps over the rejection of an offered Saviour. Your Bible does not say, "Weep, and be saved." It says, "Believe, and be saved." Faith is better than feeling. Theodore L. Cuyler rejection opportunity believe A happy and a glorious Easter will this one be to all of us who get a new vision of the risen Christ, and prostrate ourselves in humble adoration at His feet, and cry out: "Rabboni! Rabboni!" Then shall we set our hearts, lifted into a new atmosphere, on things above, and reach an actual higher life. We shall know more of what it is to live by Christ, in Christ, for Christ, and with Christ, till we reach the marvelous light around the throne in glory. Theodore L. Cuyler easter humble heart The Princess Elizabeth, of England, was found dead with her head resting on her Bible, open at these words, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." So may we all fall asleep at last when the day's work for Jesus is over, and wake up in heaven to find ourselves in the delicious rest that remaineth for the people of God. Theodore L. Cuyler princess fall jesus The disciples were not losing time when they sat beside their Master, and held quiet converse with Him under the olives of Bethany or by the shores of Galilee. Those were their school-hours; those were their feeding times. Theodore L. Cuyler olives losing school God sometimes washes the eyes of His children with tears in order that they may read aright His providence and His commandments. Theodore L. Cuyler eye order children Faith is trusting Jesus to lead us and going where He leads. What avails it to me to analyze Saratoga water, and to believe in its virtues? I must drink the water if I want its purifying power. And the soul that has not actually drunk of Christ can never be purged from sin. Theodore L. Cuyler drunk believe jesus Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies. Theodore L. Cuyler flower fields prayer Seek for a fresh invoice of grace. Unbelief can scoff or growl; faith is the nightingale that sings in the darkest hour. Faith can draw honey out of the rock and oil out of the flint. With Christ in possession and heaven in reversion, it marches to the time of the One-hundred-and-third Psalm over the roughest road, and against the most cutting blast. Theodore L. Cuyler oil rocks cutting When a miner looks at the rope that is to lower him into the deep mine, he may coolly say, "I have faith in that rope as well made and strong." But when he lays hold of it, and swings down by it into the tremendous chasm, then he is believing on the rope. Then he is trusting himself to the rope. It is not a mere opinion - it is an act. The miner lets go of every thing else, and bears his whole weight on those well braided strands of hemp. Now that is faith. Theodore L. Cuyler strong letting-go believe Know what your sin is and confess it; but do not imagine that you have approved yourself a penitent by confessing sin in the abstract. Theodore L. Cuyler abstract imagine sin One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him. Theodore L. Cuyler church honor practice God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty. Theodore L. Cuyler duty angel helping We never can create a public sentiment strong enough to suppress the dram-shops until God's people take hold of the temperance reform as a part of their religion. Theodore L. Cuyler reform strong people Oh, be assured, fellow teachers, that there is no time in life so favorable to sound conversion as early childhood. Theodore L. Cuyler sunday teacher school Blessed be the discipline which makes me reach out my soul's roots into closer union with Jesus! Blessed be the dews of the Spirit which keep my leaf ever green! Blessed be the trials which shake down the ripe, golden fruits from the branches. Theodore L. Cuyler blessed roots jesus Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement. Theodore L. Cuyler military courage war Every man or woman who turns to Christ must bear in mind that they are breaking with their old master, and enlisting under a new leader. Conversion is a revolutionary process. Theodore L. Cuyler leader mind men Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys. Theodore L. Cuyler heart joy children Conversion by the Holy Spirit is a spiritual illumination of the soul. God's grace lights up the dark heart. And when a man has once been kindled at the cross of Christ, he is bound to shine. Theodore L. Cuyler spiritual dark heart The most heaven-like spots I have ever visited, have been certain rooms in which Christ's disciples were awaiting the summons of death. So far from being a "house of mourning," I have often found such a house to be a vestibule of glory. Theodore L. Cuyler mourning house death
