Quotes by Ichabod Spencer

You must make your choice whether to hold on to some thing which cannot save you, or let go, and fall into the hands of the Lord .

— Ichabod Spencer

You have "done all you could" to save yourself; and yet you have accomplished nothing. Fly, then, to Christ,—to Christ, just as you are, just as unworthy—to Christ now, "while it is called to-day ." Be assured you are welcomed to all His benefits.

— Ichabod Spencer

  ​ There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting . They must work, if they would have God work in them. There can be no religion without obedience.

— Ichabod Spencer

My observation continues to confirm me more and more in the opinion, that to experience religion is to experience the truth of the great doctrines of Divine grace.

— Ichabod Spencer

Decision is a vastly important thing with a convicted sinner. He must choose, or he must be lost. If he will not do it, he may expect the Divine Spirit to depart from him, and leave him to his own way.

— Ichabod Spencer

Disordered nerves are the origin of much religious despair, when the individual does not suspect it; and then the body and mind have a reciprocal influence upon each other, and it is difficult to tell which influences the other most. The physician is often blamed, when the fault lies with the minister. Depression never benefits body or soul. We are saved by hope.

— Ichabod Spencer

Neglect of one duty often renders us unfit for another. God "is a rewarder," and one great principle on which He dispenses His rewards is this—through our faithfulness in one thing He bestows grace upon us to be faithful in another.

— Ichabod Spencer

It is a great truth, "God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord; and, therefore, no sinner on earth need ever despair.

— Ichabod Spencer

There is no reason to believe that the Holy Spirit ever leaves awakened sinners, only as they leave the truth of God for some error or sin.

— Ichabod Spencer

The Holy Spirit would lead us to think much upon our own sins. It is a dangerous thing for us to dwell upon the imperfections of others.

— Ichabod Spencer