Occupation: Author Birth: August 7, 1831 Death: March 22, 1903
If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself..
Concerning the prayer that mountains fall to crush and hide, Farrar , says: "These words of Christ met with a painfully literal illustration when hun….
We often do more good by our sympathy than by our labors. A man may lose position, influence, wealth, and even health, and yet live on in comfort, if….
The knowledge of evil tempteth to its commission..
The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be, and was, addressed to the queenliest..
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons!.
It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligen….
Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temp….
If we would see the color of our future, we must look for it in our present; if we would gaze on the star of our destiny, we must look for it in our ….
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost.".
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons! "Let it be cou….
No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it..
Although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins..
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." ... "Remember it is better to be p….
There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius….
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully establish….
A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other ….
If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy..
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that ….
Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God had d….
No true work since the world began was ever wasted; no true life since the world began has ever failed. Oh, understand those two perverted word, fail….