William Henry Drummond Quotes

Ireland, Poet
April 13, 1854 – April, 6, 1907.

William Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" in Canada.

Men tell us sometimes there is no such thing as an atheist. There must be. There are some men to whom it is true that there is no God. They cannot see God because they have no eye. They have only an abortive organ, atrophied by neglect.

William Henry Drummond
No man can run up the natural line of Evolution without coming to Christianity at the top.

William Henry Drummond
- Science
- Religion
- Natural

Ten minutes spent in the presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day different.

William Henry Drummond
- Different
- Minutes
- Whole
There can be no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.

William Henry Drummond
- Love
- Greatness
- Unselfish
Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.

William Henry Drummond
There is nothing more appalling than the wholesale way in which unthinking people plead to the Almighty the richest and most spiritual of His promises, and claim their immediate fulfillment, without themselves fulfilling one of the conditions either on which they are promised or can possibly be given.

William Henry Drummond
- People
- Spiritual
- Promise
I long to kiss the image of my death.

William Henry Drummond
- Long
- Kissing