John Ross Macduff
John Ross Macduff was a Scottish divine and a prolific author of religious essays. He published many practical and devotional works which attained a wide circulation.
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Background
- Born in
- Scone
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
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Trending topics shown first"Faith does not first ask what the bread is made of, but eats it. It does not analyze the components of the living stream, but with joy draws water from the " wells of salvation."
"Even when the shadows of trial are falling around us, let us "pass through the cloud" with the sustaining motive— "All my wish, O God, is to please and glorify Thee!"
"All Christ's public acts were consecrated by prayer, — His baptism, His transfiguration, His miracles, His agony, His death. He breathed away His spirit in prayer. " His last breath," says Philip Henr…"
"If, like Jacob, you trust God in little things, He may answer you by great things."
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1818
Born
Birth1895
Died
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