Quotemeal for Wednesday, August 19, 2015

"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."

— John Owen

More Quotemeal

"Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp."

— Leo the Great —

"May the grace of Christ our Saviour,|And the Father's boundless love,|With the Holy Spirit's favour,|Rest upon us from above."

— John Newton —

"The Spirit breathes upon the Word,|And brings the truth to sight."

— William Cowper —

"We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so....."

— A. J. Gossip —