Moments with Maclaren in Judges and Ruth

 

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JUDGES 2

". . .  we are in danger of being ‘hindered,’ however ‘well’ we may have begun to ‘run,’ and that our only remedy is to renew continually our first-hand vision of ‘the great works of the Lord,’ and our consecration to His service." - A Summary of Israel's Faithlessness and God's Patience, Judges 2:1-10

"The strong earthward pull is ever acting on us, and, unless God hold us up, we too shall slide downwards." --Israel's Obstinacy and God's Patience, Judges 2:11-23

"There shall be no unnatural greenhouse shelter provided for weak plants. The liability to fall imposes the necessity of trial, but the trial does not impose the necessity of falling!" --Israel's Obstinacy and God's Patience, Judges 2:11-23

"His charity ‘suffers long and is kind, is not easily provoked.’ We can weary out all forbearance but His, which is endless. We weary Him indeed, but we do not weary Him out, with our iniquities. Man’s sin stretches far; but God’s patient love overlaps it. It lasts long; but God’s love is eternal." --Israel's Obstinacy and God's Patience, Judges 2:11-23

JUDGES 5

"Emotions evaporate very soon if they are not used to drive the wheels of conduct." --Recreant Reuben, Judges 5:16

JUDGES 6

" . . . there is a charm and a fascination in the thought, ‘the Lord is peace,’ which stills the inward tempest, and makes us quiet, waiting upon His will and drawing in His grace." --Gideon's Altar, Judges 6:24

" . . . the peace of God is the best preparation for strife. It gives courage, it leaves the heart at leisure to fling all its power into the conflict, it inspires with the consciousness of a divine ally." --Gideon's Altar, Judges 6:24

"If we are to come out of the battle with victory sitting on our helmets, we must go into it with the Dove of God brooding in our hearts." --Gideon's Altar, Judges 6:24

"The Christian life is continual warfare, but in it all, ‘the peace of God which passeth understanding’ may ‘garrison our hearts and minds.’" --Gideon's Altar, Judges 6:24

"If you would enter into peace, you must fight your way to it, and every step of the road must be a battle. The land of peace is won by the good fight of faith." --Gideon's Altar, Judges 6:24

"The strongest demonstration that the Church can give the world of its really being God’s Church is its unlikeness to the world." --Gideon's Fleece, Judges 6:37

RUTH 1

". . . no times are so wild but that in them are quiet corners, green oases, all the greener for their surroundings, where life glides on in peaceful isolation from the tumult." --A Gentle Heroine, A Gentile Convert, Ruth 1:16-22

"And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." -Ruth 1:16-17 (KJV)

"How many hearts, since Ruth spoke her vow, have found in it the words that fitted their love best! How often they have been repeated by quivering lips, and heard as music by loving ears!" --A Gentle Heroine, A Gentile Convert, Ruth 1 16-22