Best church & wind Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Surely as a man may say of a rock--nothing more quiet, because it is never stirred; and yet nothing more unquiet, because it is ever assaulted--so we may say of the church--nothing more peaceable, because it is established upon a rock; and yet nothing more unpeaceable, because that rock is in the midst of seas, winds, enemies, and persecutions.”

Men May Church Enemy Sea Rocks Wind Quiet Midst Persecution

Book:An Explication of the Hundred and Tenth Psalm: Wherein the Several Heads of Christian Religion Therein Contained, Touching the Exaltation of Christ, the Sceptre of His Kingdom, the Character of His Subjects, His Priesthood, Victories, Sufferings, and Resurrection, are Explained and Applied

Source: An Explication of the Hundred and Tenth Psalm: Wherein the Several Heads of Christian Religion Therein Contained, Touching the Exaltation of Christ, the Sceptre of His Kingdom, the Character of His Subjects, His Priesthood, Victories, Sufferings, and Resurrection, are Explained and Applied

“I am an atheist (or at best a Unitarian who winds up in church quite a lot).”

Religion Church Wind Atheist Unitarian

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.”

Stills Values Church Wind Daily Life Methodists

Author:Mem Fox

“Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed, while the curtains of the next are brushed by shadow of the dance. A wedding-party returns from church, and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and the sadness of life are the tragi-comedy of Shakespeare. Gladness and sighs brighten and dim the mirror he beholds.”

Joy Next House Church Party Grief Comedy Doors Sadness Streets Wind Return Shadow Mirrors Funeral Contrast Sigh Curtains Gladness Shutters Sadness Of Life Joy And Grief Wedding Party

Book:Pleasures of Literature

Source: Pleasures of Literature

“The second rector of [St. John's in] Providence was blown out of church one Sunday by 'an extraordinary gust of wind,' and the people, welcoming this ejection as an act of heaven, refused to let him in again.”

People Heaven Church Wind Extraordinary Welcome Sunday Providence

Author:George Hodges (theologian)

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