Matthew Henry (Manure)

Man takes great pains to heap up riches, and they are like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)

Matthew Henry (Hardened)

No man will say, “There is no God” ’till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his Interest that there should be none to call him to account.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)

Matthew Henry (Dying Quote)

You have been asked to take notice of the sayings of dying men—this is mine: that a life spent in the service of God and communion with Him is the most pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843-1916)

Matthew Henry (Genuineness)

A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)

Matthew Henry (Salvation)

None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)

Matthew Henry (Good Man)

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)

Matthew Henry (God requires)

What God requires of us He Himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of His grace going along with His word, that He may have all the praise.

Matthew Henry (Minister, 1843 – 1916)