“Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain; No fear lest he should swerve or faint; "His life is Christ, his death is gain.” ShouldLooksLife IsChristChristianityGainsSaintChosenChainsTriumphNo FearChrist LikeSwerve Book:The Christian year [by J. Keble, ed. by G.W. Doane]. 1st Amer. ed. 3rd Amer. ed Source: The Christian year [by J. Keble, ed. by G.W. Doane]. 1st Amer. ed. 3rd Amer. ed
“Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field, and the lily of the valley. When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty cedar nor the sturdy oak nor the spreading palm; but in a bush, a humble, slender, abject shrub; as if He would, by these elections, check the conceited arrogance of man.” IfsMenChristTreeFieldsHumilityWallLowsElectionRosePlantPatientHumbleChecksChosenBeastArroganceHelpfulValleysServing GodPalmsMosesCreepsLambsLoftyOaksLiliesDoveVinesConceitedSlenderSturdyFowlCedarsShrubs Author:Owen Feltham
“I am pleased as punch no longer to believe in a god who declares reason a sin, who will not choose many noble and great and wise things but has chosen the base things of the world, the foolish things, the weak things and the things which are not. A god who can choose his companions in eternity and prefers Jerry Falwell and Tammy Bakker over Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. I am no longer a fool for Christ's sake. And I have no more desire to be a sheep than to be a fool. It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.” WorldBelieveReasonDesireChristSinWiseAtheismFoolCallingWeakEternitySakePositive AtheismNobleFoolishGods WillChosenCompanionSheepJustificationImposingJerryMarieTammy Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“God has chosen, through his son Jesus Christ, this time, this place for all Christians - Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox - to save our country and save our courts.” CountryChristianJesusChristSonJesus ChristCatholicCourtScaryChosenOur CountryOrthodoxProtestants Author:William H. Pryor, Jr.