Quotes from Joseph Barber Lightfoot

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to warn or to rebuke you, it is not so much you, as myself, to whom the warning or the rebuke is addressed.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.

But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.

I will not be discouraged by failure I will not be elated by success.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.