A Treatise on Atonement: In which the F...
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“Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.”
“Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.”
“We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.”
“A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.”
“As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.”
“Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty.”
“Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer.”
“Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.”
“A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.”
“No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.”
“Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.”
“It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.”
Source: Sermons on Important Doctrinal Subjects
“Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.”
“How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.”
“You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.”
Source: Select sermons: delivered on various occasions from important passages of Scripture
“If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear?”