posted July 29, 2010 01:41 PM         

"The Jews have a suggestive hint about dealing with mental distractions by describing them as part of ourselves that sense a blessing is about to come and appear because they want to be sure to be hallowed by it!"
~ Douglas Steere

"There are times to reach down to a level where I can see myself and my work straight, where that strength we call love can break through my anxiety and teach me how to respond instead of react.. how to open the road to a spirit blocked by busyness, self-importance, self-indulgence, self-pity, depression and despair... I could not have coped or perhaps survived the last thirty-five years without the meeting for worship."
~ Donald Court

"They are like a heap of fresh and living coals, warming one another as a great strength, freshness, and vigor of life flows into all."
~ Isaac Penington

"My concern was... to know whether they were a people gathered under the sense of the presence of God in their meetings... and the Lord answered my desire. I was affected and tendered with them... The Meeting being ended, the peace of God... remained as a holy canopy over my mind."
~ Thomas Story

"When I came into the silent assemblies of God's people, I felt a secret power among them, which touched my heart; and as I gave way unto it, I found the evil weakening in me and the good raised up."
~ Robert Barclay