Christian Writers and Preachers

O God, do thou by Christ enlighten me and quicken me.

—William Wilberforce

O may my time, my fortune, my understanding, and all my talents be more diligently improved, but may the one thing needful be the grand concern with me, and let not my heart be overcharged with lusts of other things.

—William Wilberforce

But we have a God to whom we can go at any minute, the weakest minute, the darkest minute, at midnight. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress (Ps. 71:3).

—Amy Carmichael

Milner has now been reading Baxter’s sermon on self examination to us, a truly humbling one to me.

—William Wilberforce

I humbly trust I have humbled myself before God and come to him through Christ and though my heart be so hard and cold and inconstant yet I will humbly trust that his mercy will be extended, even to me.

—William Wilberforce

There is no need to be overcome, whatever happens. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength (Judg. 5:21).

—Amy Carmichael

O may I be enabled to live more a life of faith and diligent and active devotedness to God’s service.

—William Wilberforce

O strengthen my weakness. Bear with my infirmities, draw me and I will run after thee.

—William Wilberforce

Wealth and luxury produce stagnation, and stagnation terminates in death.

—William Wilberforce

Change me. Renew me. O Christ hear me. I go to prayer.

—William Wilberforce

I go to prayer, humbly throwing myself on the promised mercies of God in Christ.

—William Wilberforce

How eventful a life has mine been, and how visibly I can trace the hand of God, guiding and leading me by ways which I knew not.

—William Wilberforce

O may the grace of God enable me to live a less unprofitable life, using my faculties more to God’s glory and walking by faith and bringing forth fruit abundantly.

—William Wilberforce

May I henceforth live under a more habitually lively sense of the mercies of Christ.

—William Wilberforce

O may I have my conversation in heaven and my affections set on things above, looking for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

—William Wilberforce

I will go to prayer though alas I have no heart for it.

—William Wilberforce

Praise the Lord, O my soul for all his goodness.

—William Wilberforce

Christianity commands not the show but the reality of meekness & gentleness

—William Wilberforce

Christianity is not satisfied with producing merely the specious guise of virtue.

—William Wilberforce

O guide us and direct us and teach us to remember practically that the time is short.

—William Wilberforce

O may I spend my time profitably, and above all, may I grow in grace, in love and be made more meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.

—William Wilberforce

Christianity teaches us not to prize human estimation at a very high rate, and thereby provides for the practice of her injunction, to love from the heart those who, justly or unjustly may have attacked our reputation, and wounded our character.

—William Wilberforce

Men who, acting from worldly principles, make the greatest stir about general philanthropy or zealous patriotism, are often very deficient in their conduct in domestic life.

—William Wilberforce

If I had waited on God continually and lived on him and Christ by faith I should have brought forth more fruit 10 times 1,000 times over.

—William Wilberforce

Help me O God, enable me to turn to thee with my whole heart and to serve thee in newness of nature in Christ.

—William Wilberforce

Improving in almost every other branch of knowledge, we have become less and less acquainted with Christianity.

—William Wilberforce

I look with humble hope to the promises of Scripture. Ho everyone that thirsts, etc.

—William Wilberforce

I would humbly resolve, through the Spirit, to live by faith and to go on diligently, devoutly, humbly, endeavouring to glorify God and benefit my fellow creatures.

—William Wilberforce

O how out I to strive to live to God’s glory, having been hitherto so unprofitable a servant.

—William Wilberforce

Help me O God to desire to do or suffer thy will.

—William Wilberforce