Home › By Author › E. H. Chapin
Quotes by E. H. Chapin
Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.— filed under Action
Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust.— filed under Avarice
Christ illustrates the purport of life as He descends from His transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.— filed under Christ's Life and Ministry
The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells today, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity.— filed under Christmas
Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but He saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.— filed under Contempt
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.— filed under Forgiveness
in the outward things we do, but in— filed under Goodness
There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home.— filed under Home
An aged Christian with the snow of time on his head may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven,— filed under Old Age
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.— filed under Persecution
Believe in God, and bid all knowledge speed. Sooner or later the full harmony will reveal itself, the discords and contradictions disappear. Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The remotest truth in His universe is linked to that which lies nearest the throne.— filed under Science
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire; and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gate of heaven.— filed under Suffering
Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.— filed under Trials