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“I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.”

People Firsts Littles Remember Night Church Four Minutes Cold Ten Tiny Nervous Florida Sermons Cold Night

Author:Billy Graham

“There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood and afterward depositing their bodies in the water companies' reservoir, you will gain much unpopularity in the neighborhood of your crime, and even robbing a church will get you cordially disliked, especially by the vicar. But if you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human creature can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.”

Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm.”

Mother House Church Cold Healthy Dear Warm Pleasant Ale Dear Mother

Book:The Selected Poems of William Blake

Source: The Selected Poems of William Blake

“No one would think of bringing a dog into church. For though a dog is all very well on a gravel path, and shows no disrespect to flowers, the way he wanders down an aisle, looking, lifting a paw, and approaching a pillar with a purpose that makes the blood run cold with horror ... a dog destroys the service completely.”

Thinking Way Wells Shows Running Purpose Church Path Blood Dog Flower Cold Horror Wander Lifting Disrespect Pillars Aisle Paws Gravel

Book:Jacob's Room

Source: Jacob's Room

“A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which piled up in the west an airy city, wall heaped on wall, and battlement on battlement; the light was all withdrawn; the shining church turned cold and dark; the stream forgot to smile; the birds were silent; and the gloom of winter dwelt on everything.”

Long Moments Light Nature Church Lines Dark Cities Sun Wall Cold Glory Bird Shining Silent West Winter Clouds Hills Streams Gloom Airy City Walls

Book:Martin Chuzzlewit

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit

“The cold hoarfrost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The snow lay hard and crisp upon the ground; and spread over the thickly-strewn mounds of earth, so white and smooth a cover, that it seemed as if corpses lay there, hidden only by their winding sheets.”

Ifs Hard Earth Church White Cold Stones Lays Spread Snow Smooth Sheets Corpses Gems Spooky Tombstone Crisps Carving Old Churches

Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club

Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club

“How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.”

People Spirit Social Christ Church Prayer Cold Criticism Meetings Dare Get Up Few Words Prayer Meeting

Book:Secret Power

Source: Secret Power

“When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they become a cold Church, that loses its sense of direction and is held back by ideologies and worldly attitudes, whereas God’s simplicity tells you: go forward, I am a Father who caresses you.”

Christian Father Loses Church Forget Attitude Cold Simplicity Ideology Tenderness Worldly Caress

Author:Pope Francis