Quotes by Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
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Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.
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Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.
We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.
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We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.
But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
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But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
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God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.
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But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.
You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.
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You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.
The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
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The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
The Church in England is the Church of England.
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The Church in England is the Church of England.
So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.
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So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.
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