William Mountford quotes - page 2

O it is a happy thing to feel ourselves helpless and naught, for then the presence of God is felt to wrap us about so lovingly! Everlasting, infinite, almighty, these are the words that strengthen us with speaking them. (William Mountford)
Ownership in the world I have none, but I have an infinite interest in it; for if not my own it is my God's; and so it is mine in a higher than a legal sense. Yes, this is the beauty, this is the whole sublimity, this is the tender delight of life - that it is of God's governing. View quote
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And so among the ruins of our pride, we grow to be loving children of the Most High. View quote
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A man who is not poor nor ill, nor about to be stoned to death, must not distress himself if he does not feel all through his life what faith Stephen had only in his last moments. View quote
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Yes, what I am to be everlastingly, I am growing to be now - now in this present time so little thought of, this time which the sun rises and sets in, and the clock strikes in, and I wake and sleep in. View quote
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All noblest things are religious,- not temples and martyrdoms only, but the best books, pictures, poetry, statues, and music. View quote
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To understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless he loves. View quote
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At ease in a world in which my Lord was such a sufferer! View quote
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