365 Quotations from Welsh Christians

O My soul answer him whilst he calls. Open whilst he knocks. May the love of Jesus wrestle with thee and prevail, mayest thou not resist him as others do. For alas he hath in general but little encouragement to wait upon sinners and stand at their door. Sometimes they put him off with trifling excuses saying, "I have no leisure to run to the door and open to thee. I have some more important business in hand than attending upon thee. Come at some other time' I can not admit thee now because I have other strangers within - a few choice companions for whom I have highest esteem, for whom I have the highest esteem. They may be offended with thy presence and I must not offend those whom I really love. Go thy way for this time and when the coast is quite clear or when I have a leisure hour and a convenient opportunity I will send for thee." Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

The heart is a pearl: give it to thy God. He prefers this to mountains of diamonds. All thy sacrifices without this are but sacrileges. If thy heart is upright and pure, “thou art all white as snow in Salmon.” It is the Lord that made it pure - give him what he has himself formed. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

All the events that take pace in the world carry onthe same work - the the glory of the Father and the salvation of his children. Daniel Rowland

... He who upholdeth all things by his power is upholden himself in the arms of a woman. The invisible Jehovah is seen by poor shepherds. He who feeds every living creature sucks the breast. David's Lord is called David's son. The Lord of all disdains not to be a servant to all. Daniel Rowland 1713-1790

View him in his birth. He who inhabiteth eternity dwelleth for some months in the womb. He who hath neither beginning nor end condescends to be born in our world. The everlasting Father becomes an infant of days. The word is unable to speak. Wisdom itself knows not the difference between good and evil. ... Daniel Rowland 1713-1790

I have no more to say by way of evidence of my acceptance with God than I have always stated. I die as a poor sinner depending fully and entirely on the merits of a crucified Saviour for my acceptance with God. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

I trust we are of the same seed, and shall at last stand before the same throne forever; and who knows but we shall first be tied to the same stake, and ascend up in the same chariot. Let us not then quarrel, though we can’t see alike. Daniel Rowland c 1711-1790

Jesus Christ is without parallel. Neither all the men upon earth nor all the shining myriads of glorified angels in heaven can, in any degree, equal Him who is the great Messiah, the God-man. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

Every affliction is very useful and profitable to the godly. The prodigal son had no thoughts of returning to his father's house till he had been humbled by adversity. Hagar was haughty under Abram's roof and her mistress was despised in her eyes but in the wilderness she was meek and lowly. Jonah sleeps in the ship but in the whale's belly he watches and prays. Manasseh lived as a libertine in Jerusalem and committed the most enormous crimes but when he was bound with chains in the prison at Babylon his heart was turned to seek the Lord his God. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

He heard no sermons or voice from heaven. He ... had nothing presented to his view but a bruised Christ torn and mangled on the cross ... Here is free grace indeed! Let our hearts burn with gratitude to our redeeming God and let our lips resound his praise. Though this man was as far from believing in and loving his Saviour Jesus Christ as the east is from the west yet he was converted in a few minutes ... from a thief into a martyr ... from the gallows to paradise. What a wonderful change is this that a robber sentenced to the cross and railing at his fellow sufferer should as it were in the twinkling of an eye be absolved. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790

Lost men love doctrine, saved men love Christ. Daniel Rowland 1711-1790