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James Stalker Quotes:

James Stalker quotes

Ocupation: Author

Life: 1848 - 1927

Birthday: 1848

Death: 1927

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There is a beauty bestowed in some degree on all God's saints who pray much which is of the same nature and is the most precious of all answers to prayer. Character flows from the well-spring of prayer.

Topics: Prayer, Spring, Character

quote augustine says that we may out of our dead sins make stepping stones to rise to the james stalker Quotes

Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.

Topics: Prayer, Heart, Fire

The essential question is not, however, how love began, but whether it is growing.

source: - James Stalker (1902). “The Seven Cardinal Virtues”

Topics: Valentines Day, Love Is, Essentials, Essential Questions

How poor a guide enthusiasm is when it is not informed with the mind and spirit of God.

Topics: Mind, Enthusiasm, Spirit

Augustine says that we may, out of our dead sins, make stepping stones to rise to the heights of perfection. What did he mean by that? He meant that the memory of our falls may breed in us such a humility, such a distrust of self, such a constant clinging to Christ as we could never have had without the experience of our own weakness.

Topics: Memories, Fall, Mean, Augustine

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