Quotes – January, 2016
 When thou prayest, let thy heart be without words than thy words without heart. – Bunyon
I do not want to burden you with who I am, but who I know, the Lord Jesus Christ. – Michael Haigh
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. –Spurgeon
He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever. –Tillotson
The wisdom of the world is learned in the palaces of kings. The wisdom of God is learned in the desert. – Michael Haigh (re: Moses)
God cannot use you until you are willing to have the world point the finger of scorn at you. – D.L. Moody
More grows in a garden than the gardener sows there. – Portuguese Proverbs
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church. – Matthew Arnold
When moral depravity and popularity determines how a nation votes, that nation is lost. – Michael Haigh
God never made His word for man to mend. – John Dryden
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. – St. Augustine
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous, who believe themselves sinners; the rest, sinners who believe themselves righteous. – Blaise Pascal
Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research. – John Milton
The true value of a nation does not come from it’s wealth, but it comes from it’s value of morality. – Michael Haigh
Going to what is called ‘a place of worship,’ and worshiping God are widely different things. – C. H. Mackintosh
Much law, little justice. – Portuguese Proverb
Two ends of the same rope when joined together form a unified circle. – Mary Haigh (subject: unified marriage in the unity of service)
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter – Blaise Pascal
If God’s Word is not sufficient without human interpretation, then it cannot be God’s Word at all. – C. H. Mackintosh
Solomon wrote that the making of books there is no end. I add that the making of laws there is no end. – Michael Haigh
Tell me what the world is saying today, and I’ll tell you what the church will be saying in seven years. – Francis Schaeffer
An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam’s descendants. – A. W. Pink
Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched. – Francis Schaeffer
Harmony of the Spirit does not mean surrender to evil. – Michael Haigh
Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated. – C. S. Lewis
The final result of my salvation is not that I know God, but that He knows me. – Michael Haigh
There are two hostile influences abroad, namely, infidelity on the one hand, and superstition on the other. The former denies that God has spoken to us in His Word; the latter admits that He has spoken, but it denies that we can understand what He says, save by the interpretation of the church. – C. H. Mackintosh
To reach a deeper spiritual life one must become a biblical archeologist to find the treasures of Christ buried within the written Word of God. – Michael Haigh
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. (Proverbs 28:4)
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. (Proverbs 28:5)
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. (1 Timothy 4:13)
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (Psalm 73:3)
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. (Psalm 73:5)
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. (Psalm 73:7)
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psalm 73:9)
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. (Psalm 73:12)
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. (Psalm 73:17)