The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experiences to wean us fro… - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.

He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.

He who does not hate the false does not love the true; and he to whom it is all the same whether it be God's word or man's, is himself unrenewed at heart.

How often have you and I helped to keep sinners easy in their sin, by our inconsistency! Had we been true Christians, the wicked man would often have been pricked to the heart, and his conscience would have convicted him.