Let the church come to God in the strength of a perfect weakness, in the power of a felt helplessness and a child-like confidence, and then, either she has no strength, and has no right to be, or she has a strength that is infinite. Then and thus, will she stretch out the rod over the seas of difficulty that lie before her, and the waters shall divide, and she shall pass through, and sing the song of deliverance.
Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home. - Mark Hopkins
Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home.
- Mark Hopkins
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surfac… - Mark Hopkins
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surfac…
We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus… - Mark Hopkins
We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus…
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. - Mark Hopkins
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity. - Mark Hopkins
Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity.
Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fa… - Mark Hopkins
Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fa…
Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His … - Mark Hopkins
Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His …
All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power. - Mark Hopkins
All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends. - Mark Hopkins
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.
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