Gardiner Spring: Man

Gardiner Spring was American clergyman. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to save him from hell, is as ignorant of the power as he is a stranger to the consolation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Gardiner Spring

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 106.

Religion , Feeling , Hell , Thinking

“The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows in grace. Grace in the heart as certainly improves and advances, as a tree thrives in a kindly and well watered soil.”

Gardiner Spring

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 294.

Tree , Water , Heart

“Faith in Christ is not an exercise of the understanding merely; it is an affection of the heart. "With the heart man believeth." To those who believe Christ is precious.”

Gardiner Spring

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 229.

Faith , Exercises , Understanding , Heart

“Faith from its essential nature implies the fallen state of man, while it recognizes the principles of the covenant of grace. It is itself the condition of that covenant. It is a grace which is alike distinguished from the love of angels and the faith of devils. It is peculiar to the returning sinner. None but a lost sinner needs it; none but a humbled sinner relishes it.”

Gardiner Spring

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 233.

Love , Faith , Angels , Nature