It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
ADAM CLARKEIf you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
More Adam Clarke Quotes
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Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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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.
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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts
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Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to run, when God has sent him.
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This is the case with thousands: they appear desirous of knowing the truth, but have not patience to wait in a proper way to receive an answer to their question.
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They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
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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.
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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.
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Al its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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All abuse and waste of God’s creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.
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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.
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It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing
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