H.W. Charles Quotes

It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence-- "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory."

Our prayers are the shadows of mercy.

When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.

He who sings a song to Christ in the night, sings the best song in all the world; for he sings from the heart.

We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.

Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.

Having made Jesus your all, you shall find your all in Jesus.

The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.

How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

Lord, save all the elect, and then elect some more.

You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a #‎ fact .

Of all things in the world that stink in the nostrils of men, hypocrisy is the worst.

Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.

We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.

We know so little about the future that to worry about it would be the height of foolishness.

Final perseverance is the necessary evidence of genuine conversion.

We see his smile of love even when others see nothing but the black hand of death smiting our best beloved.

May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

Now' is the watchword of the wise.

Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, 'He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.'

Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles.

It cannot be that there is a high appreciation of Jesus and a totally silent tongue about him

What manner of men should ministers be? They should thunder in preaching, and lighten in conversation; they should be flaming in prayer, shining in life, and burning in spirit.

Every time I open my Bible I will read it as the Word of 'God, that cannot lie;' and when I get a promise or a threatening, I will either rejoice or tremble because I know that these stand fast.

Faith pulls the black mask from the face of trouble, and discovers the angel beneath.

Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better.

Christian, beware of thinking lightly of sin. Take heed in case you fall little by little.

The Lord's people have always been a waiting people.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.

I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night.

There is nothing that will keep a person from Christ like a good opinion of himself.

God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side.

If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!

The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it be sincere, is the result of a work of grace in your heart.

Time, how short-eternity, how long! Death, how brief-immortali ty, how endless!

Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today.

The Law cuts into the core of the evil, it reveals the seat of the malady, and informs us that the leprosy lies deep within.

When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

I can find ten more who will die for the Bible for every one who will actually read it.

A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.

You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.

He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.

Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

Backsliders begin with dusty Bibles and end with filthy garments.

The Gospel is like a caged lion; you don't have to defend it - just let it out of the cage.