A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Timothy Dwight

3 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity.— filed under Bible
It is impossible for the mind which is not totally destitute of piety, to behold the sublime, the awful, the amazing works of creation and providence - the heavens with their luminaries, the mountains, the ocean, the storm, the earthquake, the volcano, the circuit of the seasons, and the revolutions of empires without marking in them all the mighty hand of God, and feeling strong emotions of reverence toward the Author of these stupendous works.— filed under God's Mercy
What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom!— filed under God's Omniscience
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