“Who is it that loves God and does not wish to love Him with all the heart?” – Message heard by author, November 28, 1984, Friendsville, TN.
“It is absolutely wrong to pray about something you already know is wrong.” – Message heard by author, April 4, 1986, Dayton, OH.
“If you don’t have a hungering for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘born this date’
V O (Verlon O) Agan – birth, Dec. 7, 1923
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, born today, education, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 12/7/1923, Alabama. Brother Agan, became follower of Christ on July 28 1939, born this date, Georgia, God’s Bible School and College in Ohio, Inter-church Holiness Convention, interim president of Union Bible College, mission fields, passed from this life March 25 2006, president of the Alabama Conference of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, roomed with son of Alvin K York, Ruby Davis, today in history, V. O. Agan, various boards, Who loves God and does not wish to love Him with all the heart? on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Simpson Cook – birth, Dec. 4, 1859
Posted in Canada, Jesus Christ, born today, christmas poems, today in history, tagged 12/4/1859, “Gentle Mary Laid Her Child”, born this date, Canada, died 5/27/1933, Durham County, emigrated to Canada, England, in Montreal, Joseph Simpson Cook, McGill University, Methodist, today in history, Toronto, United Church of Canada, Wesleyan College on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gentle Mary laid her Child lowly in a manger;
There He lay, the undefiled, to the world a Stranger:
Such a Babe in such a place, can He be the Savior?
Ask the saved of all the race who have found His favor.
Angels sang about His birth; wise men sought and found Him;
Heaven’s star shone brightly forth, glory [...]
Earl Newton – birth, Nov. 16, 1933
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, born today, holy living, today in history, uncategorized, tagged Indiana, today in history, South Dakota, Oelrichs, South Carolina, conference president, born this date, pastored, Every sanctified experience has a reverse gear, in love with your money, Muncie, benefits of Christianity without the purity, full surrender, Earl Newton, 11/16/1933, Clemson, American Indians, Christian schools, conference vice president, holiness evangelist on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every sanctified experience has a reverse gear in it. – Heard by author, February 7, 1994, Oelrichs, South Dakota.
You can’t be good without helping others to be good and you can’t be evil without helping others to be evil. – Heard by author, February 10, 1994, Oelrichs, South Dakota.
If you’re in love with your money [...]
William Pitt, Earl of Charham – birth, Nov. 15, 1708
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, born today, philosophy, today in history, uncategorized, tagged Philadelphia, today in history, England, born this date, Westminster, 1851, William Pitt, “General Advice to Youthful Student”, A Compendium of English Literature, Charles D. Cleveland, E.C.& J.Biddle, If you are not right towards God, you can never be so towards man., the wits and rakes of Cambridge, William Pitt Earl of Charham, 11/15/1708, said to have placated no magnates to have refused all bribes, under his influence England became the most powerful country on the globe, Pitt “He never hesitated to rebuke in severest terms his own country when he saw she was in the way of wrong doing”, quotes above are from a letter, Bath, January 14, 1754, Pitt died May 11 1778, Hayes, Kent on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If obliged to differ…do I with all possible candor, and an unprejudiced desire to find and ascertain truth, with an entire indifference to the side on which truth is found.
– William Pitt, “General Advice to Youthful Student,” in A Compendium of English Literature, ed. Charles D. Cleveland (Philadelphia: E.C.& J.Biddle, 1851), 642.
If you [...]
Henry Van Dyke – birth, Nov. 10, 1852
Posted in born today, education, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged Pennsylvania, Princeton University, today in history, Presbyterian, born this date, Joyful joyful we adore Thee, God of glory Lord of love;, Giver of immortal gladness, Henry Van Dyke, The Story of the Other Wise Man, call us to rejoice in Thee, Thou art giving and forgiving, Thou our Father Christ our Brother, 11/10/1852, Germantown, pastored in Rhode Island and New York City, professor of English literature, American ambassador to Luxembourg and the Netherlands, “Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee” Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!
All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars [...]
James Montgomery – birth, Nov. 4, 1771
Posted in born today, christmas poems, poet British, today in history, tagged Scotland, Ireland, today in history, born this date, James Montgomery, Montgomery, England, 11/4/1771, Irvine, Ayrshire, Gracehill, Ballymena, County Antrim, Fulneck Seminary, Yorkshire, newspaper owner, renamed it the “Sheffield Iris”, edited 32 years, supported abolitionist cause, supported British Bible Society and foreign missions, 400 hymns, “Angels from the Realms of Glory”, died 4/30/1854, Sheffield, Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains
That reach The Majesty on high.
Prayer [...]
Harriett Eugenia Peck Buell – birth, Nov. 2, 1834
Posted in born today, lady writer, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged today in history, New York, born this date, My Father is rich in houses and lands, "I’m a child of the King", Harriett Eugenia Peck Buell, 11/2/1834, Cozenovia, contributed articles, “Northern Christian Advocate”, active member of Methodist Church, Manlius, died 2/6/1910, Washington D.C. on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full, He has riches untold.
Refrain
I’m a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior,
I’m a child of the King.
My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men,
Once [...]
