The lump of clay, from the moment it comes under the transforming hand of the potter, is, during each day and each hour of the process, just what the potter wants it to be at that hour or on that day, and therefore pleases him. But it is very far from being matured into the [...]
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Hannah Whitall Smith – birth, Feb. 7, 1832
Posted in born today, lady writer, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged "Higher Christian Life", 1875 published, 2/7/1832, “new experience”, born this datw, converted to Plymouth Brethren, daughter of Quaker parents, England, Hannah Whitall Smith, married Robert Piersall Smith, NJ, PA, Philadelphia, speaking tour of the United States and Europe, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Westwood on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John Henry Hopkins Jr. – birth, Oct. 28, 1820
Posted in born today, christmas poems, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 10/28/1820, 1820, a reporter in New York City, “We Three Kings”, born this date, Christ Church, Christmas pageant, died 8/14/1891, first music teacher, General Theological Seminary, graduated University of Vermont, Hudson, Hudson NY, John Henry Hopkins Jr., John Hopkins Jr., minister in Trinity Church, New York, NY, NYC, PA, Pittsburgh, Plattsburg, today in history, We Three Kings of Orient Are, Williamsport on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star. Refrain O star of wonder, star of light, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light. Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain Gold I bring to crown Him [...]
George Boone – arrived in America, Oct. 10, 1717
Posted in today in history, uncategorized, tagged 10/10/1717, 1720, arrived at Philadelphia, arriving at the “capital” of American “Quakerism”, August 17th, born 11/2/1734, Daniel, Daniel got to learn Indian ways, Daniel successive understanding Indians, departed from England, Devon, Devon England, Englishman, famous “Daniel Boone”, friends, George Boone, grandparents and parents’ Quaker faith, marriage“decently accomplished”, on this date, PA, peaceful Pennsylvania Red men, Philadelphia PA., Quaker ceremony, Quakers, Sarah Morgan, seventh month, sixth son, Society of Friends, Squire Boone, today in history, traded with them, treated Indians fairly, twenty-third day on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Englishman named George Boone on this date, 10/10/1717, arrived with his family at Philadelphia, PA. They were Quakers (Society of Friends) arriving at the “capital” of American “Quakerism.” They had departed from England (Devon) on August 17th. His son, Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan’s marriage was “decently accomplished” by Quaker ceremony the seventh month, [...]
George Duffield, Jr. – birth, Sep. 12, 1818
Posted in born today, Jesus Christ, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged "Stand up Stand up for Jesus", 1818, 44 years in NY, 9/12/1818, born this date, Carlisle, Christ is Lord, composed, death itself is gain, George Duffield, IL, King of Glory, MI, NJ, PA, Presbyterian minister, Put on the Gospel armor, reign eternally, soldiers of the cross, stand in His strength alone, stand up for Jesus, The arm of flesh will fail you, the trumpet call obey, today in history, victor’s song on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss. From victory unto victory His army shall He lead, Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the solemn watchword hear; If while ye sleep He [...]
William Anson Spencer – born, Sep. 6, 1840
Posted in born today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/6/1840, ” died 9/25/1901, born this date, daughter Clarissa Spencer, IL, Methodist Episcopal Churches, PA, Philadelphia, Rock Island, Rock River Conference, Spencer, William Anson Spencer, wrote “The Songs of the Reaper on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I shall reach the more excellent glory And all my trials are past I shall behold Him, O wonderful story! I shall be like Him at last We shall not wait till the glorious dawning Breaks on the vision so fair Now we may welcome the heavenly morning Now we His image may bear [...]
C. W. Ruth – birth, Sep. 1, 1865
Posted in born today, holy living, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1905, 9/1/1865, Bible Readings on the Second Blessing, born this date, breath is to the body, Bucks Co., C W Ruth, Christian Wismer Ruth, Cincinnati, dance, does not want holiness, Entire Sanctification Explained, entirely compatible with the spirit of holiness, every soul that enters this experience will have its wilderness, Faith is to the soul, Faith will annihilate fret, fret will annihilate faith., go to football games, God’s Bible School & Revivalist, horse races, it is Him we want, KY, mistake - you did when you knew no better, morality of the act, motive determines the morality of the act, not the manifestation we want, PA, play cards, present tense faith, present tense victory., Ruth died 5/27/1941, Sanctified people, sin thing you did when you did know better, so do your church members, The Second Crisis in Christian Experience, the spirit of heaviness, theatre, today in history, wants sin, Wilmore on September 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A mistake is a thing you did when you knew no better; a sin is a thing you did when you did know better…the motive determines the morality of the act. – C W Ruth, Bible Readings on the Second Blessing (Cincinnati: God’s Bible School & Revivalist, 1905), 33. When a man does not want [...]
C T Studd – death, Jul. 16, 1931
Posted in died today, holy living, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1972, 7/16/1931, a child of privilege, a night of prayer, as though He were deaf could not understand our language, ‘Before they call I will answer’, before we told Him, C T Studd, Central Africa, Chapel bell, Charles Thomas Studd, Christian Literature Crusade, died this date, either reverence or common sense, famous cricket player, Ft. Washington, heart were relieved, His Son, human source, I want to run a Rescue Shop, in the Congo, in the heart of China, India, keep on talking to God, knew nothing of our circumstances, live within the sound of Church, mail came once a fortnight, no apparent hope, Norman Grubb, or as He said himself, or the extremity of circumstances, or the weight of the words, PA, part of the “Cambridge Seven”, served God in China, starvation stared us in the face, supplies was finished, the postman, We got down on our knees, we had to say in twenty minutes, We had told God everything, We looked facts in the face, we must have stayed there twenty minutes, Who said that God knew everything, within a yard of hell on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“My own family knew nothing of our circumstances, only that we were in the heart of China. The last of our supplies was finished, and there was no apparent hope of supplies coming from any human source. The mail came once a fortnight. The mail man had just set out that afternoon, and in a [...]
John Sumner – death, May 10, 1918
Posted in died today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged "I'm a Child of the King", 1918, A tent or a cottage, adopted, alien by birth, Binghamton, born 3/25/1838, child of the King, died this date, Father is rich, houses and lands, Jesus my Savior, John Bunnell Sumner, Methodist, NY, PA, pleading our pardon, rubies and diamonds, Savior of men, silver and gold, sinner by choice, stranger on earth, today in history, wealth of the world, wrote the music, Wyalusing on May 10, 2009 | Leave a 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 [...]
Elisha Hoffman – birth, May 7, 1839
Posted in born today, Jesus Christ, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged "I Must Tell Jesus", 1839, 1929, at Chicago, at Orwigsburg, attending Union Seminary, Benton Harbor, born this date, Bridegroom, Cabery, cleansing power, Cleveland, died 11/25/1929, Elisha Albright Hoffman, garments, garments stained, Grafton, IL, Jesus, mansions bright, MI, New Berlin, OH, ordained in 1868, PA, pastored, robes white, soul cleansing, soul unclean, spotless, stained with sin, the Crucified, the Lamb, the Savior’s side, today in history, trusting in His grace, walking daily, washed in the blood, white as snow, with sin, worked with Evangelical Association, wrote "Is Your All on the Altar" on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Refrain Are you washed in the blood, In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb? Are your garments spotless? [...]
A W Tozer – birth, Apr. 21, 1897
Posted in born today, holy living, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1897, 1957, a state of purity, A W (Aiden Wilson) Tozer, A W Tozer, Akron, “God Tells the Man Who Cares”, “The Pursuit of God”, “The Root of Righteousness”, boom divorced from the Holy Spirit, born this date, conduct surveys, converted, desperately need leaders, divorced from the power of the Holy Spirit, exactly the opposite was true, gift of knowledge, Grand Rapids, imitation faith, Keys to the Deeper Life, man preaching on the street, men with prophetic insight, men with scholarship–nothing more, mental assent to truth, never owned a car, Newburg, OH, PA, panel discussions, perfection never meant a spiritual terminal, polls, popular Christianity could enjoy a boom, pray preach publish, seldom made pastoral calls, techniques of the world, the gift of discernment, This frightening hour, Tozer working in tire factory, transforming power of the Holy Spirit, True faith brings a witness, watchfulness and prayer, Zondervan Pub. on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A religion, even popular Christianity, could enjoy a boom altogether divorced from the transforming power of the Holy Spirit and so leave the church of the next generation worse off… – A W Tozer, Keys to the Deeper Life (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Pub.,1957), 12. …That word perfection never meant a spiritual terminal point nor [...]
