Edward Irving

“Action is the highest prayer.”

“Substance of thought is the seed of virtue.”

“Doctrine is the soul of the Church; without it, it is a dead body.”

“The Christian Church is a body of men who have been redeemed by Christ, and who are living in the world as His witnesses.”

“The great sin of the age is the worship of the intellect.”

“The soul of a man is a very humble matter at the best, a poor pilgrim, on a brief journey to an eternal home.”

“There is no waiting for the Holy Spirit to be poured out upon us; for He is dwelling in the Church.”

“The end of all knowledge is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and to imitate Him.”

“Every promise of God is a cry of the Spirit of God to the creature of God to receive more of God.”

“The gift of tongues is the key of all knowledge, because it is the utterance of the Spirit of God through the lips of men.”