John Angell James: Nothing

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“You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if God did nothing; depend upon God as if He did every thing.”

John Angell James

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 241.

God , Effort , Dependency

“To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding gloom, hopeful amidst desponding circumstances, happy in God when there is nothing else to make us happy; he who does this has indeed made great advances in the divine life.”

John Angell James

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 565.

Life , God , Hope , Suffering

“There is nothing about which a young Christian should be more anxious than maintaining the spirit, the love, the practice of private prayer j and nothing which should more seriously alarm him than any disposition to neglect it.”

John Angell James

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 470.

Love

“Nothing progresses more rapidly in a heart set upon doing good than an ability to be useful. They who at first are timid, shy, awkward, in such efforts, soon acquire courage, expertness, and efficiency.”

John Angell James

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 121.

Courage , Effort , Heart