Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.
Charles SimeonExcess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.
Charles SimeonI have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
Charles SimeonWith this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incessantly to cultivate the deepest humiliation before God.
Charles SimeonIf you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not โlive no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him who died for you and rose again?โ Should any thing short of absolute perfection satisfy you? Should you not labour to โstand perfect and complete in all the will of God?โ
Charles Simeon