Pretty good quotes

[Lou Newton]

"It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus."

- Robert Murray McCheyne


"The moment you come to realize that only God can make a man

godly, you are left with no option but to find God, and to know God,

and to let God be God in and through you."

- Major Ian Thomas


"Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest,

desperately kind, fixed upright."

- Charles Spurgeon


"What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter

and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases

out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer.

I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and

those who are eminently holy pray much."

- J. C. Ryle


"O Lord, keep our hearts, keep our eyes, keep our feet, and keep

our tongues." - William Tiptaft


"In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure.

No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely

made, was ever made in vain."

- Frederick W. Robertson

[glen smith]

Those you quote above are 19th century men except Major Ian Thomas who died in the 21st century.
Back in the late sixties through the early eighties I was privileged to hear Major Thomas almost yearly for a week long series of sermons.
In the first few years it was for two weeks each year.
I continue to remember his earliest sermons were from his book The Saving Life of Christ.
The quote above is from the introduction of this book.
Major Thomas did not have a formal religious education, yet he established Torchbearers International Bible training schools in 20 countries. In the earliest days (1947) of the first school it was at Capernwray near Lancashire, England and went by the name Capernwray. This is where Billy Graham and others first found spiritual ignition for their ministry. My brother and his wife have attended the meetings at Capernwray and have been friends with him from the seventies. Others who I have been taught by that have experienced Capernwray or taught there are Ronnie Dunn, Jack Taylor, Stuart Briscoe, Hal Brooks, Bertha Smith , and Corrie ten-Boon. I hear it is a place with a spiritual atmosphere.

Correction: I remembered wrongly about Billy Graham. It just now came to me that it was Keswick rather than Capernwray. So, I looked it up. It was Stephen Olford who introduced him to the Keswick message at a Keswick Convention in 1946. Graham wrote in his autobiography, Just As I Am, that this teaching came to him as a second blessing. My brother and his wife have also attended the meetings at the Keswick Convention.

Here is the list of just the main leaders at Keswick since 1978.
I found the list interesting.

From 1978 the annual ministry book published each December has taken the title of the convention theme for that year (although only since 1991 has the convention itself been given a specific theme in the pre-publicity). In addition to the main speakers listed below, each week has up to 16 other speakers covering seminars, evening celebrations and afternoon events. A full list of all speakers for the years 1875 to 1996 is given in Maurice Rowlandson's book.^[11]

Year	Theme	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
1978	The Gospel, The Spirit, The Church	John Stott	Dick Lucas
1979	The Lord is King	Alec Motyer	Eric Alexander
1980	The People and the King	Donald English	Bp John B.Taylor
1981	Purity and Power	Dick Lucas	Alan Flavelle
1982	Walking with the King	Alec Motyer	Philip Hacking
1983	Living the Light	Richard France	David Jackman
1984	God's Very Own People	Donald English	Stuart Briscoe
1985	Giving God the Glory	Eric Alexander	Michael Baughen
1986	Rebuilding The Foundations	Dick Lucas	Keith Weston
1987	New Beginnings, Old Paths	Raymond Brown	David Jackman
1988	Real People - Real Faith	Donald English	Stuart Briscoe
1989	Servants of the King	Philip Hacking	Chuck Smith
1990	Looking To Jesus	Michael Baughen	Charles Price
1991	The Kingdom, Power and the Glory	R. T. Kendall	Roy Clements
1992	The Cross and the Crown	Derick Bingham	Raymond Brown
1993	Dangerous Faith	Donald English	Alistair Begg
1994	The Whole Family of God	Philip Hacking	Jim Graham
1995	The Light of His Coming	Alec Motyer	Roy Clements
1996	Clean Hands	Michael Wilcock	Stuart Briscoe
1997	A Voice in the Wilderness	Michael Baughen	Charles Price
1998	Truth on Fire	Chris Wright	Alistair Begg
1999	Deep Impact	Don Carson	Nigel Lee
2000	One Lord, One Church, One Task	John Stott	Jonathan Lamb
2001	A Different Drumbeat	Michael Baughen	Steve Gaukroger	Stuart Briscoe
2002	Learning Together as God's Royal Family	Bruce Milne	Liam Goligher	Steve Brady
2003	From Base Camp To Summit	Joseph Stowell	Charles Price	Vaughan Roberts
2004	Out of Control?	Alistair Begg	Jonathan Lamb	Derek Tidball
2005	The Glory of the Gospel	Sinclair Ferguson	Steve Gaukroger	Dominic Smart
2006	The Church in the Power of the Spirit	Chris Wright	Ajith Fernando	Vaughan Roberts
2007	Unshackled ? Living in Outrageous Grace	Alec Motyer	Steve Brady	Ian Coffey
2008	Creation, Chaos & Christ	David Cook	Liam Goligher	Charles Price
2009	Faith that Works	Dale Ralph Davies	Jonathan Lamb	Vaughan Roberts
2010	Christ-centred Renewal	Don Carson	Paul Mallard	Alistair Begg
2011	Word to the World	Ajith Fernando	Chris Wright	Peter Maiden
2012	Going the Distance	Simon Manchester	Steve Brady	Jeremy McQuoid
2013	The Transforming Trinity	Charles Price	John Lennox	Steve Gaukroger
2014	Really? Searching for reality in a confusing world	Vaughan Roberts	Jonathan Lamb	Chris Sinkinson
2015	The Whole of Life for Christ	John Risbridger	Paul Mallard	Liam Goligher
2016	Power to change	Simon Manchester	Steve Brady	David Jackman
2017	Captivated hearing God's Word	Don Carson	Alistair Begg	Ivor Poobalan
2018*	Sent: Serving God's Mission	Christopher Ash	Chris Wright	David Cook

(* as planned)