Richard Cecil (clergyman)

"Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart."

"The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more …"

"I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the …"

"The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible. The shallow brook babbles or. its passage, and is heard by every one; but the coming on of the seasons is s…"

"The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible stands in their way. It prohibits the indulgence of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life."

"The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other."

"The very heart and root of sin is in an independent spirit. We erect the idol self; and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves."

"Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God."