For more than thirty-five years I have had much intercourse with dying saints and sinners of various ages and conditions. In all that time I have not heard one express regret that he had spent too much time in prayer; I have heard many mourn that they had so seldom visited a throne of grace.
— William Plumer (1802–1880), Pastor, Theologe
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Time & Transience
Occasions: For Reflection
William Plumer
William Swan Plumer war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor des 19. Jahrhunderts, der in Bundesstaaten wie Pennsylvania, Virginia und South Carolina wirkte. Er verband eine streng calvinistische Dogmatik mit alltagsnaher Seelsorge, stand jedoch wegen seiner ablehnenden Haltung zum Abolitionismus und seiner Weigerung, im Bürgerkrieg für die Union Partei zu ergreifen, in der Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine Bibelkommentare sowie durch erbauliche Texte über Gnade, Gottesfurcht und göttliche Vorsehung.
All quotes by William Plumer (8)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson