God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.
Archibald AlexanderVirtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
Archibald AlexanderMen are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
Archibald AlexanderIt will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.
Archibald AlexanderIn vain do we seek to awaken our churches to zeal in evangelism as a separate thing. To be genuine it must flow from love to Christ. It is when a sense of personal communion with the Son of God is highest that we shall be most fit for missionary work, either ourselves or to stir up others.
Archibald Alexander