To see what is right and not to do it shows a lack of courage.
R. C. Chapman
What God uses is not great learning or great preaching, but great likeness to Christ.
M. McCheyne
It is not who men are that counts with God, but what they are.
J. Douglas
What holy industry do we behold,
A vessel beaten out of purest gold;
According to the pattern God had planned,
The metal changes in the craftsman's hand;
What was a shapeless talent of pure gold,
Is hammered to the form which will unfold;
The wisdom and the glories of the Lord,
As all is made according to His Word;
The shaft and branches form the mighty frame,
The bowls and knops and flow'rs made of the same;
See now the seven-fold lamps send out one light,
So priestly eyes can view the glorious sight;
A beautiful and balanced symmetry,
A Divinely ordered testimony.
Would that assemblies gathered to His Name,
And every member which compose the same;
Were just as simply shaped to His design,
And demonstrated gold supremely fine;
In order for God's purpose to fulfil,
There must be a submission to His will;
It does involve the hammer and the heat,
Until at last the vessel is complete;
A beautiful and balanced unity,
All functioning in perfect harmony;
Channels through which the oil will flow to light,
Lampstands for God in this dark world of night.