John Nelson Darby

“Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.”

“I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.”

“Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.”

“Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.”

“Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.”

“Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.”

“If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.”

“The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards.”

“Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.”