After the heart-wrenching result of the independence referendum in Scotland this week (18 September 2014), I stumbled upon this quotation, and thought again:
"Alas! many believers nowadays seem to be occupied in the wrong city. Politics have to do with man's city. It is all a conflict as to who can get the upper hand in the absence of the rightful King ... A believer who takes part in politics is like a man building a magnificent cathedral in a place where a tremendous earthquake will shortly overturn every stone. I do not suppose a great sculptor would lavish all the resources of his art on a snow man ..." (p. 104)
"God loves us too well to allow us to rest in anything short of Himself - not even Christian fellowship." (p. 112)
The Father "is seeking worshippers. That is the great interest of the Father in this present hour. The salvation of souls is not the end. The end that God has in view in all the activity of His grace is to have worshippers." (p. 126)
"The world cannot satisfy. If you had all the opportunities of Solomon you would find in the end that the world was too little for your heart." (p. 140)
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