Quotes from John Brown of Haddington

[Southern Presbyterian]

Regarding the "times and seasons"...

The "times and the seasons" it is impossible to foretell; but whatever may be the procession of events, the triumph of the kingdom is the certain hope of Christ-lit humanity.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

Concerning comfort in the Christian life....

It is not in the fleeing from God's mighty hand, but in humbling ourselves under it, that safety lies. It is not in outrunning crosses, but in taking them up, and following Christ, that true comfort is to be had.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

From his biographer, Robert Mackenzie, regarding the Pastor/Theologian John Brown:

As a man steeped in the Scriptures... and, being a preacher, he was the better equipped for being a theologian: for the best theologians are those who are moved to preach. They interpret the Gospel by seeing it in operation; and experience illumines much that is dark in the Word.