Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by William Swan Plumer (American Clergyman)

William Swan Plumer (1802–80) was an American clergyman, theologian, and author, recognized as a leading intellectual in the 19th-century Presbyterian Church.

Born in Greersburg, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in 1825 and studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained in 1826, he became an evangelist in 1827.

Plumer ministered at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia (1834–46) and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland (1847–54.) A staunch Old School Presbyterian, he moderated the General Assemblies of two Presbyterian sects in 1838 and 1871.

Beyond pastoral work, he was an educator, holding positions at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (1854–62) and Columbia Theological Seminary (1867–80.) His writings include at least 25 books, with commentaries on Romans, Hebrews, and Psalms. He also contributed tracts, pamphlets, and articles to religious publications. Plumer founded The Watchman of the South, a Presbyterian weekly, and helped establish Staunton’s Institution for the Blind, Deaf, & Dumb.

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We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Prayer

There is as much difference between genuine patience and sullen endurance, as between the smile of love, and the malicious gnashing of the teeth.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Patience

Meekness cannot well be counterfeited.—It is not insensibility, or unmanliness, or servility; it does not cringe, or whine. It is benevolence imitating Christ in patience, forbearance, and quietness.—It feels keenly, but not malignantly; it abounds in good will, and bears all things.
—William Swan Plumer

He who is not liberal with what he has, does but deceive himself when he thinks he would be liberal if he had more.
—William Swan Plumer

Thoughts, even more than overt acts, reveal character.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Thought

God may turn his ears from prattling prayers, or preaching prayers, but never from penitent, believing prayers.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Prayer

Those who trade with heaven by prayer grow rich by quick returns.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Prayer

Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer.
—William Swan Plumer
Topics: Prayer

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