The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness. Frederick William Robertson More Quotes by Frederick William Robertson More Quotes From Frederick William Robertson 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 In all matters of eternal truth, the soul is before the intellect; the things of God are spiritually discerned. You know truth by being true; you recognize God by being like Him. Frederick William Robertson soul truth matter There is an inward state of the heart which makes truth credible the moment it is stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. Love is credible to a loving heart; purity is credible to a pure mind; life is credible to a spirit in which life beats strongly it is incredible to other men. Frederick William Robertson truth heart love-is What we are, and where we are, is God's providential arrange ment — God's doing, though it may be man's misdoing; and the manly and the wise way is to look your disadvantages in the face, and see what can be made out of them. Frederick William Robertson wise looks way The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven. Frederick William Robertson occupation discipline heaven Sow the seeds of life — humbleness, pure-heartedness, love; and in the long eternity which lies before the soul, every minutest grain will come up again with an increase of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold. Frederick William Robertson soul long lying Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. Frederick William Robertson men believe Heaven begun is the living proof that makes the heaven to come credible. Christ in you is "the hope of glory." It is the eagle eye of faith which penetrates the grave, and sees far into the tranquil things of death. He alone can believe in immortality who feels the resurrection in him already. Frederick William Robertson eagles eye believe On earth we have nothing to do with success or with results, but only with being true to God, and for God; for it is sincerity, and not success, which is the sweet savor before God. The defeat of the true-hearted is victory. Frederick William Robertson victory earth success Humility is that simple, inner life of real greatness, which is indifferent to magnificence, and, surrounded by it all, lives far away in the distant country of a Father's home, with the cross borne silently and self-sacrificingly in the heart of hearts. Frederick William Robertson real country father Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul. Frederick William Robertson grief soul men Through ages, through eternity, what you have done for Christ, that, and only that, you are. Frederick William Robertson done age christian Christ within us, the hope of glory. Frederick William Robertson glory christ He who, with strong passions, remains chaste--he who, keenly sensitive, with manly power of indignation in him, can yet restrain himself and forgive--these are strong men, spiritual heroes. Frederick William Robertson strong hero spiritual Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. Frederick William Robertson defeat victory disappointment There is a power in the soul, quite separate from the intellect, which sweeps away or recognizes the marvelous, by which God is felt. Faith stands serenely far above the reach of the atheism of science. It does not rest on the wonderful, but on the eternal wisdom and goodness of God. The revelation of the Son was to proclaim a Father, not a mystery. No science can sweep away the everlasting love which the heart feels, and which the intellect does not even pretend to judge or recognize. Frederick William Robertson heart father son This world is given as a 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 There is rest in this world nowhere except in Christ, the manifested love of God. Trust in excellence, and the better you become, the keener is the feeling of deficiency. Wrap up all in doubt, and there is a stern voice that will thunder at last out of the wilderness upon your dream. Frederick William Robertson voice dream feelings He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise. Frederick William Robertson lonely truth two The question is, whether, like the Divine Child in the Temple, we are turning knowledge into wisdom, and whether, understanding more of the mysteries of life, we are feeling more of its sacred law; and whether, having left behind the priests and the scribes and the doctors and the fathers, we are about our Father's business, and becoming wise to God. Frederick William Robertson wisdom wise children
