I look upon prayer-meetings as the most profitable exercises (excepting the public preaching) in which Christians can engage. They have a direct tendency to kill a worldly, trifling spirit, and to draw down a Divine blessing upon all our concerns, compose differences, and enkindle (at least maintain) the flames of Divine love amongst brethren.
John NewtonIf our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, invective, or scornโwe may think we are doing service of the cause of truth, when in reality we shall only bring it into discredit!
John NewtonWe serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.
John NewtonMany are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have a seeming desire of salvation, which is not founded upon a truly spiritual discovery of their own wretchedness, and the excellency of Jesus.
John NewtonOf all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.
John Newton