We are constantly straining to devise new methods, new plans, new organizations to advance the Church and secure enlargement and efficiency for the gospel. This trend of the day has a tendency to lose sight of the man or sink the man in the plan or organization. God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
Edward McKendree BoundsPrayer in Jesus' name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men 'whatsoever and anything' they shall ask.
Edward McKendree BoundsWhen trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.
Edward McKendree BoundsA severe apprenticeship in the trade of praying must be served in order to become a journeyman in it.
Edward McKendree BoundsThe character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching.
Edward McKendree BoundsBible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.
Edward McKendree BoundsWe are constantly straining to devise new methods, new plans, new organizations to advance the Church and secure enlargement and efficiency for the gospel. This trend of the day has a tendency to lose sight of the man or sink the man in the plan or organization. God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
Edward McKendree Bounds