More Quotes by Adam Clarke
Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to raise his soul from earth to heaven.
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.
Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
