Maxioms by George Macdonald
There are those who in their very first seeking of it are nearer the kingdom of Heaven than many who read more
There are those who in their very first seeking of it are nearer the kingdom of Heaven than many who have for years believed themselves to be of it. In the former there is more of the mind of Jesus, and when He calls them they recognize Him at once and go after Him; while the others examine Him from head to foot and, finding Him not sufficiently like the Jesus of their conception, turn their backs and go to church or chapel or chamber to kneel before a vague form mingled of tradition and fancy.
Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop read more
Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 A man may be haunted with doubts, and only grow thereby in faith. Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood... Doubt must precede every deeper assurance; for uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed.
Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever read more
Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.
To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
