“If the impure and the unjust, the drunkard and the licentious, are loathsome to us, what must be the infinite loathing of an infinitely pure Spirit for those who are worldly and selfish, licentious and cruel, ambitious and animal! But with this great loathing is a great pity. And the pity conquers the loathing, appeases it, satisfies it, is reconciled with it, only as it redeems the sinner from his loathsomeness, lifts him up from his degradation, brings him to truth and purity, to love and righteousness; for only thus is he or can he be brought to God.” IfsSpiritAnimalPureInfiniteSelfishPityConquerLiftsPuritySinnerRighteousnessAmbitiousUnjustWorldlyDegradationLoathingDrunkardsAppease Author:Lyman Abbott
“The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth.” SpiritAll ThingsBottomRighteousnessSaviourThorough Book:Sermons Source: Sermons
“We are His children in Very deed, having been born of Him in the spirit, and we have inherited the very attributes which he possesses. They are in us, and they make us God's embryo, We believe that as we are now God once was, and by the practice of virtue and righteousness, by obedience unto law and authority, He has become what He is, and as He is, man may become, on the same principle.” MenBelieveMayChildrenLawSpiritBornPrinciplesPracticeVirtueAuthorityDeedsObedienceRighteousnessAttributesEmbryos Author:George F. Richards
“The spirit of religious totalitarianism is abroad in the world; it is in the very air we breathe today in this land. Everywhere are those who claim to have a corner on righteousness, on direct access to God ... The bigots of the world are having a heyday.” WorldTodaySpiritReligionReligiousAirLandDirectClaimsCornersBreatheAccessRighteousnessTotalitarianismBigotsHeyday Author:Sonia Johnson