“We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus of sensuality and low vice; because of the place it gives to truth; because it demands free inquiry; because its mighty truths and systems are brought before the mind in the same way as the truths and systems of nature; because it solves higher problems than nature can; and because it is so communicated as to be adapted to every mind.” WayGivingMindPhilosophyProblemSpiritChristianityHigherTruth IsDemandLowsVicesSolveIntellectSensualityRemoveInquiryAdaptedIncubus Book:Evidences of Christianity: Lectures Before the Lowell Institute, January 1844 Source: Evidences of Christianity: Lectures Before the Lowell Institute, January 1844
“Faith then, in its relation to salvation, is that confidence by which we accept it as a free gift from the Saviour, and is the only possible way in which the gift of God could be appropriated.” WayAcceptingRelationSalvationSaviourGift From GodFree Gifts Book:Sermons Source: Sermons
“The patriarchal, the Jewish, and the Christian dispensations, are evidently but the unfolding of one general plan. In the first we see the folded bud; in the second the expanded leaf; in the third the blossom and the fruit. And now, how sublime the idea of a religion thus commencing in the earliest dawn of time; holding on its way through all the revolutions of kingdoms and the vicissitudes of the race; receiving new forms, but always identical in spirit; and, finally, expanding and embracing in one great brotherhood the whole family of man! Who can doubt that such a religion was from God?” MenWayFirstsIdeasWholeChristianFormSpiritRaceChristianityDoubtPlansRevolutionThirdsFruitKingdomsDawnBrotherhoodReceivingSublimeLeafsExpandingHolding OnIdenticalBudUnfoldingWhole FamilyVicissitudes Book:Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity Source: Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity
