Quotes by Charles M. Sheldon

“The bishop thought that night, while Rachel was singing, that if the world of sinful, diseased, depraved, lost humanity could only have the Gospel preached to it by consecrated sopranos and professional tenors and altos and basses, he believed it would hasten the coming of the Kingdom quicker than any other one force.””

“Somehow I get puzzled when I see so many Christians living in luxury and singing 'Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee,' and remember how my wife died in a tenement in New York City, gasping for air and asking God to take the little girl too. Of course I don't expect you people can prevent every one from dying of starvation, lack of proper nourishment and tenement air, but what does following Jesus mean?””

“He had made money his god. As soon as that god was gone out of his little world there was nothing more to worship; and when a man's object of worship is gone he has no more to live for.””

“Πόσο θα 'θελα να φωνάξω σ' όλους που είναι όμοιοι με μένα: Μη ζείτε για το σώμα. Θυμηθείτε πως η ψυχή, που τη λησμονάτε τις ώρες των διασκεδάσεν, δε μπορεί να πεθάνει μέσα σας.””

“I know a good many farmers who think nothing of paying out several hundred dollars every year on improved machinery to lighten their own labor on the farm. But they think their wives are crazy if they ask for an improved washing-machine that costs twenty-five dollars or a few kitchen utensils of the latest style to save labor. That’s one reason so many farmers’ wives are crazy over in Crawford County Asylum.””

“What is it to be a follower of Jesus? What does it mean to imitate Him? What does it mean to walk in His steps?””

“The Christianity that attempts to suffer by proxy is not the Christianity of Christ. Each””

“I have found my cross and it is a heavy one, but I shall never be satisfied until I take it up and carry it.””

“After we have asked the Spirit to tell us what Jesus would do and have received an answer to it, we are to act regardless of the results to ourselves. Is that understood?””

“There was almost general consent over the fact that the application of the Christ spirit and practice to the everyday life was the serious thing. It required a knowledge of Him and an insight into His motives that most of them did not yet possess.””

“I'm completely convinced in the first case that Jesus would never use any talent like a good voice just to make money.””

“What is it to be a Christian? It is to imitate Jesus. It is to do as He would do. It is to walk in His steps.””