65 Quotes by Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Most of God’s people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.

I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.

Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.

Do not fear the face of man. Remember how small their anger will appear in eternity.

Never forget that the end of a sermon is the salvation of the people.

You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.

I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.

Even in the wildest storms the sky is not all dark; and so in the darkest dealings of God with His children, there are always some bright tokens for good.

A calm hour with God is worth a whole lifetime with man.