If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep in check his worldly wisdom, which might otherwise, like a high-mettled charger, toss him to the ground.
It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell. - Christian Scriver
It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.
- Christian Scriver
The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning … - Christian Scriver
The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning …
My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee. - Christian Scriver
My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.
God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial re… - Christian Scriver
God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial re…
If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep in check his worldly wisdom, which migh… - Christian Scriver
If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep in check his worldly wisdom, which migh…
The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school. - Christian Scriver
The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.
O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that. - Christian Scriver
O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.
My God! my time is in Thine hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant… - Christian Scriver
My God! my time is in Thine hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant…
My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in wha… - Christian Scriver
My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in wha…
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