Adoniram Judson Gordon Quotes
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Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.
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Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we to put on as a garment. The Lord Himself is our vesture. Every Christian is not only a Christ bearer, but a Christ wearer. We are so to enter into Him by communion, to be so endued with His presence, and imbued with His Spirit that men shall see Him when they behold us, as they see our garments when they look upon our bodies.
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.It is the great work of nature to transmute sunlight into life. So it is the great end of Christian living to transmute the light of truth into the fruits of holy living.
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Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.
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A mightier love for the Son of God, to overpower and subdue and lead captive these wayward and truant affections of the natural heart – this is what is needed.
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Whenever, in any century, whether in a single heart or in a company of believers, there has been a fresh effusion of the Spirit, there has followed inevitably a fresh endeavor in the work of evangelizing the world.
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There is more you can do after you pray, but there is nothing you can do until you pray.
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The Holy Spirit, not the pope, is the vicar of Christ on earth.