Quotation Revival

“We don’t have revival because the church does not feel the need for revival as it should .... Is it not more reasonable to ask how any of us can read and hear the Word of God without its having any effect upon us? It may be answered: Because we do not consider that it is the Word of God. Because we do not believe that they are words about real things, and not falsehoods and fables.”

Quotation Bible Reading

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A selection of a letter by Rev. John Elias, written to his daughter, Phoebe. He always encouraged her in the things of the Lord in his letters. This letter was written on August 8, 1834:

I am moreover glad that you have pleasure in reading the Bible. It is the tree that sweetens, under God’s blessing, the bitter waters of Marah. The consolation had in the Scriptures, is far superior to any other; there is a well of joy that never fails like others. Strive to look up to Christ by perusing the Bible, in hearing sermons, and in prayer; and run, as the chief of sinners, to him.

John Elias: Life, Letters and Essays, by Edward Morgan,

the Banner of Truth Trust, 1773, p. 201.