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Matthew Simpson Quotes

Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the Earth. There is not now a temple to a heathen God where the word of God is read Picture Quote #1

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God Picture Quote #1

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country’s cause Picture Quote #1

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part Picture Quote #1

Mr. Lincoln’s elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known Picture Quote #1

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln’s title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned Picture Quote #1

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Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state Picture Quote #1

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today Picture Quote #1

The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature Picture Quote #1

Sanctification is not regeneration Picture Quote #1

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man Picture Quote #1

If you live for fame, men may turn against you Picture Quote #1

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Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections Picture Quote #1

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine Picture Quote #1

Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age Picture Quote #1

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character Picture Quote #1

Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others Picture Quote #1

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity Picture Quote #1

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We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others Picture Quote #1

Mute though his lips be, yet they still speak. Hushed is his voice, but its echoes of liberty are ringing through the world, and the sons of bondage listen with joy Picture Quote #1

If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim Picture Quote #1

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world’s past Picture Quote #1

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources Picture Quote #1

Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us Picture Quote #1

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Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed Picture Quote #1

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind Picture Quote #1

If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world Picture Quote #1

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Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the Earth. There is not now a temple to a heathen God where the word of God is read (Matthew Simpson Quotes) We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country’s cause (Matthew Simpson Quotes) There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Mr. Lincoln’s elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln’s title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state (Matthew Simpson Quotes) I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today (Matthew Simpson Quotes) The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Sanctification is not regeneration (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If you live for fame, men may turn against you (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections (Matthew Simpson Quotes) We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense; or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others (Matthew Simpson Quotes) The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity (Matthew Simpson Quotes) We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Mute though his lips be, yet they still speak. Hushed is his voice, but its echoes of liberty are ringing through the world, and the sons of bondage listen with joy (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world’s past (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us (Matthew Simpson Quotes) Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed (Matthew Simpson Quotes) It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind (Matthew Simpson Quotes) If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world (Matthew Simpson Quotes)