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Thomas De Witt Talmage was an American clergyman, writer, and orator, born on January 7, 1832, and died on April 12, 1902. He was known for his influential sermons and writings in the fields of religion and morality during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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“I move for a creed for all our denominations made out of Scripture quotations, pure and simple. That would be impregnable against infidelity and Appolyonic assault. That would be beyond human criticism. Let us make it simpler and plainer for people to get into the Kingdom of God.”

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“What may we expect of people who work all day and dance all night? After a while they will be thrown on society nervous, exhausted imbeciles.”

People May Night Dancing Nervous Thrown Exhausted All Night Imbeciles

Book:Trumpet Blasts, Or Mountain-top Views of Life: Comprising the Most Earnest Reasonings, Delightful Narratives, Poetic Imageries, Striking Similies, Fearless Denunciations of Wrong and Inspiring Appeals for the Right, that During His Whole Phenonomenal Career Have Been Given to the World

Source: Trumpet Blasts, Or Mountain-top Views of Life: Comprising the Most Earnest Reasonings, Delightful Narratives, Poetic Imageries, Striking Similies, Fearless Denunciations of Wrong and Inspiring Appeals for the Right, that During His Whole Phenonomenal Career Have Been Given to the World

“Take not into your ear that scum of hell that people call tittle-tattle. Whosoever willingly listens to a slander is equally guilty with the one who tells it, and an old writer says they ought both to be hanged; the one by the tongue and the other by the ear. Do not smile upon such a spaniel, lest like a pleased dog, he puts his dirty paw upon you.”

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Author:Thomas De Witt Talmage

About the Author

Born: January 7, 1832
Died: April 12, 1902
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Quotes: 28

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