| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Adoption |
| | | Faith unites us to Christ, and acquiesces in the redemption purchased by Him as the meritorious cause of our adoption. Fisher’s Catechism. | 1 |
| | ’Tis often seen |
| Adoption strives with nature; and choice breeds |
| A native slip to us from foreign lands. |
Shakespeare. | 2 |
| Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God. Westminster Catechism. | 3 |
| We need a spirit of adoption to take us out of the foundling hospital of the world, and to put us into the celestial family. G. D. Boardman. | 4 | | |
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