Such is the grasping tendency of the human heart, that it must have a something to lay hold of - and which, if wrested away without the substitution of another something in its place, would leave a void and a vacancy as painful to the mind, as hunger is to the natural system.... The heart must have something to cling to.
Thomas ChalmersIt is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.
Thomas ChalmersThe character wherewith we sink into the grave at death, is the very character wherewith we shall re-appear on the day of resurrection.
Thomas ChalmersThe Bible is like a wide and beautiful landscape seen afar off, dim and confused; but a good telescope will bring it near, and spread out all its rocks and trees and flowers and v__ulant fields and winding rivers at one's very feet. That telescope is the Spirit's teaching.
Thomas ChalmersWith the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.
Thomas Chalmers