“It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.” FeelingsChurchGoneDaughterFranceFrighteningEldersGone Away Author:John Wilkins
“In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.” YearsSpeakChurchKingsMembersSixTwentiesCongressPrivilegeThronesEldersPassing AwayJoseph Smith Author:Brigham Young
“Bowing down in blind credulity, as is my custom, before mere authority and the tradition of the elders, superstitiously swallowing a story I could not test at the time by experiment or private judgment, I am firmly of the opinion that I was born on the 29th of May, 1874, on Campden Hill, Kensington; and baptised according to the formularies of the Church of England in the little church of St. George opposite the large Waterworks Tower that dominated that ridge.” MayLittlesBookStoriesBornChurchOpinionAuthorityJudgmentTraditionTestsOppositesEnglandBlindMereExperimentsHillsCustomsTowersEldersCredulitySwallowingRidgesChurch Of EnglandBowing Down Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?” IfsDoeReligionWomenChurchTeachOfficeRefuseSacramentsEldersDeacons Book:The Woman's Bible Source: The Woman's Bible
“I taught Sunday school when I was younger, and ended up an elder in the church, and it just seemed to me that a lot of people who went to church certainly weren't - the rest of the week - living what I would call an Christian life.” PeopleSchoolChristianChurchWeekTaughtChristian LifeSundayEldersSunday School Author:Dick Van Dyke