Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.
More Quotes from Joseph Barber Lightfoot:
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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