“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further”
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“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further”
“It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey”
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays”
“He ne'er is crowned with immortality who fears to follow where airy voices lead.”
“It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others”
“A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.”
“I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is”
“And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.”
“It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing”
“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.”
“Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven”
“Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense”
“The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men.- It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter.- It is all pure.”
“To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.”
“The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate”
“God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply”
“Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.”
“If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go”
“If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.”
“If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem to be against us, we do not believe Him at all”