You may have wealth. It cannot profit long. You may have health. Decay will cause its flower to fade. You may have strength. It soon will totter to the grave. You may have honors. A breath will blast them. You may have flattering friends. They are but as a summer brook. These boasted joys often now cover an aching heart, but they never gave a grain of solid peace; they never healed a wounded conscience; they never won approving looks from God; they never crushed the sting of sin.
— Henry Law (1797–1884), Anglikanischer Geistlicher (Dekan von Gloucester) und theologischer Autor
Topics: Time & Transience, Money & Possessions, Peace & Rest
Occasions: For Reflection
Henry Law
Henry Law war ein englischer anglikanischer Geistlicher des 19. Jahrhunderts und langjähriger Dekan der Kathedrale von Gloucester. Als Vertreter des evangelikalen Flügels seiner Kirche wurde er vor allem durch Werke wie „Christ is All“ bekannt, in denen er das Alte Testament konsequent christozentrisch und typologisch auslegte. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Verfasser seelsorglicher Andachten und Kommentare, die alttestamentliche Vorbilder und Texte auf das Erlösungswerk Jesu Christi beziehen.
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