“Family prayer and the pulpit are the bulwarks of Protestantism! Depend upon it, when family piety goes down, the life of
godliness will become very low. In Europe, at any rate, seeing that the Christian faith began with a converted household, we
ought to seek after the conversion of all our families and to maintain within our houses the good and holy practice of family
worship.”—1891, Sermon #2222
Friday, May 21, 2010
Family with God
“There is a great deal in the way in which a man walks in his house. It will not do to be a saint abroad and a devil at home!
There are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a Prayer Meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and
children. This will never do! Every genuine Believer should say, and mean it, ‘I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.’
It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness. ‘What sort of a man is he?’ said one to George Whitefield, and
Whitefield answered, ‘I cannot say, for I never lived with him.’ That is the way to test a man—to live with him.”—1894,
Sermon #2362
There are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a Prayer Meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and
children. This will never do! Every genuine Believer should say, and mean it, ‘I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.’
It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness. ‘What sort of a man is he?’ said one to George Whitefield, and
Whitefield answered, ‘I cannot say, for I never lived with him.’ That is the way to test a man—to live with him.”—1894,
Sermon #2362
Practice what You Preached
“It is well to preach as I do, with my lips. But you can all preach with your feet and by your lives—and that is the most effective
preaching! The preaching of holy lives is living preaching! The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported
by godliness from the pew! God help you to do this!”—1895, Sermon #2432
preaching! The preaching of holy lives is living preaching! The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported
by godliness from the pew! God help you to do this!”—1895, Sermon #2432
Gospel
“If you hear a real Gospel sermon, it directs you to look to Jesus Christ. That teaching which leads you to think of the priest and
to think of the church, whatever there may be about them that is good, is not ‘the doctrine of God our Savior.’”—1895, Sermon
#2416
to think of the church, whatever there may be about them that is good, is not ‘the doctrine of God our Savior.’”—1895, Sermon
#2416
Prayer
“There are many prayers that it would not be right to pray in public, but they are very dear to God’s ear in private.”—1894,
Sermon #2380
Sermon #2380
Sanctification
“Sanctification is the great open separator of Christians from the world!”—1893, Sermon #2313
Letter for the Teachers
“Dear Sunday school teachers, wait upon God for that which you are to teach—take it warm with love out of the very mouth of
God—and then speak it for God out of your own mouth. Good will surely come of such teaching as that!”—1892, Sermon #2286
God—and then speak it for God out of your own mouth. Good will surely come of such teaching as that!”—1892, Sermon #2286
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