Grandison Taber Quotes

Christmas is a kindling of new fires. ~ Gladys Taber

Some men will spin out a long prayer telling God who and what he is, or they pray out a whole system of divinity. Some people preach, others exhort the people, till everybody wishes they would stop, and God wishes so, too, most undoubtedly. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer. ~ Gladys Taber

There can be no higher enjoyment found in this world that is found in pulling souls out of the fire and bringing them to Christ. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Business was bound to come; light industries were already shopping for land. The quiet country farms were already going, and developments would take over ... Eventually, of course, we will have to have some sort of plan to guide future development. ~ Gladys Taber

A law without sanctions is no law; it is only counsel, or advice. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Old houses, I thought, do not belong to people ever, not really, people belong to them. ~ Gladys Taber

The end for which Christ lives, and for which He has left His church in the world, is the salvation of sinners. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Great sermons lead the people to praise the preacher. Good preaching leads the people to praise the Savior. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Words, those precious gems of queer shape and gay colours, sharp angles and soft contours, shades of meaning laid one over the other down history, so that for those far back one must delve among the lost and lovely litter that strews the centuries. They arrange themselves in the most elegant odd patterns; the sound the strangest sweet euphonious notes; they flute and sing and taber, and disappear, like apparitions, with a curious perfume and a most melodious twang. ~ Rose Macaulay

Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night. I would be willing to go around the world if I came back in time to light the candles and set the table for supper. ~ Gladys Taber

When my own mother died, there seemed to me to be no answer to anything. For a time the only universality was death. And then I remember walking in the dusk along the quiet little street toward the house now so empty and meaningless. There was light enough from the sky to cast the lattice shadow of leaves on the walk. The sound of the river was steady and swift, and the air smelled of sulphur from the mills beyond it. As I looked up, a delicate petal of moon drifted into the tender blue, and all at once I thought, How beautiful God made the world! How wonderful that the stars still shine! And I was comforted. ~ Gladys Taber

Every member must work or quit. No honorary members. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be. ~ Gladys Taber

No government is lawful or innocent that does not recognize the moral law as the only universal law, and God as the Supreme Lawgiver and Judge, to whom nations in their national capacity, as well as individuals, are amenable. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

I cannot imagine a cat in an Obedience ring, running around in the hot sun and doing things on command. For it would not make sense. Whereas a dog is tolerant of your not making sense and only wants to fix things so you are happy. ~ Gladys Taber

Happiness of heart can never be measured out and bundled up, it's intangible. We keep running after it, grasping for it, and the heat of our running so seldom brings it closer. But now and then there may be a moment. We look at something and know it is good and beautiful. Those moments are happiness. ~ Gladys Taber

Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made ~ fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven. ~ Gladys Taber

Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Nothing makes a house cozier than cats. ~ Gladys Taber

Often, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God's rule, but by their own. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

When Father smiled, it was like the sun coming out, and spring and summer in your heart. ~ Gladys Taber

Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to the brook running cool over polished stones, to bees drowsy with the weight of pollen. If we attend to the music of the earth, we reach serenity. And then, in some unexplained way, we share it with others. ~ Gladys Taber

Perhaps what makes friendship and love exciting is the continuing discovery of another personality. ~ Gladys Taber

The tentacles of today reach out like an octopus to swallow yesterday. ~ Gladys Taber

Well, any love makes us vulnerable. Whatever we love will give the gift of pain somewhere along the road. But who would live sealed in spiritual cellophane just to keep from ever being hurt? There are a few people like that. I'm sorry for them. I think they are as good as dead. ~ Gladys Taber

Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Said Father Nash was a most wonderful man in prayer, one of the most earnest, devout, spiritually-minded, heavenly-minded men I ever saw ... He labored about in many places in central and northern New York, and gave himself up to almost constant prayer, literally praying himself to death at last.
I have been informed that he was found dead in his room in the attitude of prayer. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

There is a kind of immortality in every garden. ~ Gladys Taber

Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence? ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moonrise. ~ Gladys Taber

The Church must take right ground in regard to politics ... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as part of their duty to God ... God will bless or curse this nation, according to the course Christians take in politics. ~ Charles Grandison Finney

When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city. ~ Charles Grandison Finney