“Surely that little pseudo-gothic church on Broadway, hidden amongst the skyscrapers, is symbolic of the age! On the whole face of the globe the civilization that has conquered it has failed to build a temple or a tomb.” LittlesWholeAgeFacesChurchCivilizationTemplesGlobesBroadwayGothicSymbolicTombsPseudoSkyscraper Author:Andre Malraux
“The world cannot bury Christ. The earth is not deep enough for His tomb, the clouds are not wide enough for His winding-sheet; He ascends into the heavens, but the heavens cannot contain Him. He still lives--in the church which burns unconsumed with His love; in the truth that reflects His image; in the hearts which burn as He talks with them by the way.” WorldWayHeartStillsEnoughEarthHeavenChristChurchCloudsWideSheetsHis LoveTombsStill Life Author:Edward Thomson
“The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.” MenLittlesWholeCharacterHandsMightHouseChurchInterestingAspectCollectionsOld ManWornSpoilTombsDesertedInteresting CharactersHaggardOld Churches Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Source: The Old Curiosity Shop
“Take what the old-church found in Mithra's tomb, candle and script and bell, take what the new-church spat upon and broke and shattered.” PoetryFoundChurchPoetScriptsBrokeCandleBellsTombsShatteredSpatsIconoclasmOld Churches Book:Trilogy Source: Trilogy