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Practically every man is an atheist, who lives without God in the world.— filed under Atheism
Jesus Christ, the embodiment of truth and love, has explained the Scriptures by fulfilling them. So when the soul has passed into God, the word is fulfilled in the soul, as it was in Christ. O Love! thou art thyself the pure, naked, simple truth, which is expressed, not by me, but by thyself, through me. 1 In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the difference between things; and it is Christ that gives us light.— filed under Christ's Life and Ministry
The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful, but whether it is true.— filed under Doctrine
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.— filed under Duty
When a man is told that the whole of religion and morality is summed up in the two commandments, to love God, and to love our neighbor, he is ready to cry, like Charoba in Gebir, at the first sight of the sea, “Is this the mighty ocean? is this all?" Yes, all; but how small a part of it do your eyes survey! Only trust yourself to it; launch out upon it; sail abroad over it; you will find it has no end; it will carry you round the world.— filed under Love To Christ And God
The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.— filed under Obedience
Those who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not always noon.— filed under Perfection
Man without religion is the creature of circumstances. Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.— filed under Religion
There is nothing I feel more than the criminality of not trusting Christ without doubt without doubt. Oh, to think what Christ is, what He did, and whom He did it for, and then not to believe Him, not to trust Him! There is no wickedness like the wickedness of unbelief. How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered. --— filed under Unbelief