Robert Murray McCheyne Quotes

#1. If nothing else will do to sever me from my sins, Lord, send me such sore and trying calamities as shall awake me from earthly slumbers. It must always be best to be alive to Thee, whatever be the quickening instrument.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#2. [Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#3. Set not your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley. He changes not! Live nearer to Christ than to any person on this earth; so that when they are taken, you may have Him to love and lean upon.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#4. What a man is on his knees before God, that he is, and nothing more.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#5. Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#6. Do not doubt the holy love of Jesus to your soul when he is laying a heavy hand upon you.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#7. The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.

Robert Murray McCheyne

#8. Ah! believers, you are a tempted people. You are always poor and needy. And God intends it should be so, to give you constant errands to go to Jesus. Some may say, it is not good to be a believer; but ah! see to whom we can go. (Works, 59)

Robert Murray McCheyne