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Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes

Joseph Barber Lightfoot quotes

English Theologian April 13, 1828 – December 21, 1889

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Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a..."
You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also."
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of..."
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This..."
This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "To make your people understand what righteousness is, this..."
To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those..."
The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in..."
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the..."
So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the..."
Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "Words contract a significance which clings to them long after..."
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "The Church in England is the Church of England."
The Church in England is the Church of England. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to..."
Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to warn or to rebuke you, it is not so much you, as myself, to whom the warning or the rebuke is addressed. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot quote: "Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made..."
Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee. Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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