Sunday, December 22, 2013

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Abundant Spiritual Life

Jesus was not here to save men from the results of their sins.  Not for that did he live his wondrous life or speak his wondrous words.  He sought to fill them with that abundant spiritual life which casts out death; to save them from sin itself by surrounding them, and as it were saturating their souls, with a spiritual atmosphere in which sinful desires die.  To the reverent mind heaven here, heaven there, is primarily purity of heart, holiness of life, love embracing all our kind; and hell is corrupt appetite, is false purpose, is an unloving heart.

Grindall Reynolds (born December 22, 1822)

Grindall Reynolds (1822-1894)


Light To The Soul

If life goes on without any friction and without any disappearance of outward good, we come to feel that all the worth of living is centred in what we possess and enjoy. …  The kingdom of heaven longed for, to be purchased by all we have, is not within.  It is not faith, truth, and love.  It is without.  It is meat and drink.  It is found in strength of body, in fullness of granary, in abundance of enjoyment, and in these alone.  The rude shock which takes the health out of the bones, or makes the wisdom of the wise to be foolishness, or does anything to break up the smooth flow of the outward experience, certainly lets in light to the soul.

Grindall Reynolds (born December 22, 1822)

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