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Quotes by James McCosh
Personal Christianity is not a creed, however orthodox; not a ritualism, however Scriptural; not a profession, however outwardly consistent; not a service, however seemingly useful; but is Christ in man. When Christianity is received, it stimulates the faculties, and calls forth new ideas, new motives, and new sentiments. It has been the mother of all modern education.— filed under Christianity
True humility is a Christian grace and one of the fruits of the Spirit, originating in a deep consciousness of sin past and present, and leading us to discover our nothingness in the view of God, our insufficiency for any thing that is good, and prompting us, as we feel our infirmities, to strive after higher and yet higher attainments.— filed under Humility
They who know most of God on earth or heaven know that they know little after all; but they know that they may know more and more of Him throughout eternal ages.— filed under Humility
I hold that we have a very imperfect knowledge of the works of nature till we view them as works of God,- not only as works of mechanism, but works of intelligence, not only as under laws, but under a Lawgiver, wise and good.— filed under Nature