Richard Cecil (clergyman) Quotes

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 246.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 549.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 537.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 9.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 345.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 435.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 332.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 264.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 31.
Context: I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the same hand. I see it, indeed, write at times mysteriously in each of these books; thus I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 31.
Context: I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the same hand. I see it, indeed, write at times mysteriously in each of these books; thus I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 494.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 501.
Context: If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty. There is something in religion, when rightly comprehended, that is masculine and grand. It removes those little desires which are the constant hectic of a fool.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 318.
Context: The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible. The shallow brook babbles or. its passage, and is heard by every one; but the coming on of the seasons is silent and unseen. The storm rages and alarms; but its fury is soon exhausted, and its effects are partial and soon remedied; but the dew, though gentle and unheard, is immense in quantity, and the very life of large portions of the earth. And these are pictures of the operations of grace in the church and in the soul.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 324.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 214.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 128.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 394.

As quoted in Remains of Mr. Cecil (1836) edited by Josiah Pratt, p. 59.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 4.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 585.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 598.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 423.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 348.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 490.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 471.