Quotes by clergymen

Love to Jesus is a sure title to the greatest possible happiness; for Jesus is omnipotent and has determined to make his friends happy, and surely will not forget a single one in whose heart is enkindled one spark of love. Adoniram Judson
Happiness Love Heart Happy Will Single Omnipotent Possible Determined Make Sure Surely Greatest His Friends Forget Title Spark Whose Jesus
See the hand of God in all events, and thereby become reconciled to His dispensations. Adoniram Judson
God Events Become Reconciled See His Hand Thereby
Believe in the doctrine of perfect sanctification attainable in this life. Adoniram Judson
Life Believe Perfect Attainable Doctrine Sanctification
God is to me the Great Unknown. I believe in Him, but I find Him not. Adoniram Judson
God Great Me Believe Unknown Find Him
Blessed be God, that we live in these latter times - the latter times of the reign of darkness and imposture. Great is our privilege, precious our opportunity, to cooperate with the Saviour in the blessed work of enlarging and establishing his kingdom throughout the world. Adoniram Judson
Work God Great World Darkness Opportunity Blessed Live Our Saviour Latter Kingdom Throughout His Privilege Times Precious Establishing Reign Cooperate Enlarging
We had never before seen a place where European influence had not contributed to smooth and soften the rough features of uncultivated nature. The prospect of Rangoon, as we approached, was quite disheartening. Adoniram Judson
Nature Seen Before Soften Features Never Had Prospect Smooth Quite Influence Where Disheartening Place European Rough
Notwithstanding my present incompetency, I am beginning to translate the New Testament, being extremely anxious to get some parts of Scripture, at least, into an intelligible shape, if for no other purpose than to read, as occasion offers, to the Burmans I meet with. Adoniram Judson
Beginning Other Meet Extremely Some Purpose Shape New Occasion Read Parts Am Least Testament Than Offers Intelligible Get New Testament Anxious Being Scripture Translate Notwithstanding Present
My views of the missionary object are, indeed, different from what they were when I was first set on fire by Buchanan's 'Star in the East' six years ago. But it does not always happen that a closer acquaintance with an object diminishes our attachment and preference. Adoniram Judson
Fire First Our Indeed Diminishes East Object Attachment Missionary Does Always Were Years Years Ago Closer Six Different Happen Acquaintance Preference Views Star Set
Missionaries must not calculate on the least comfort but what they find in one another and their work. Adoniram Judson
Work Must Find Calculate Missionaries Comfort Another Least
It is my growing conviction that the Baptist churches in America are behind the age in missionary spirit. They now and then make a spasmodic effort to throw off a nightmare debt of some years' accumulation, and then sink back into unconscious repose. Adoniram Judson
Age Conviction Back Churches Some Spirit Throw Unconscious Missionary Make Years Sink Off Debt Effort Accumulate America Repose Behind Baptist Then Growing Now Now And Then Nightmare
I have to hold a meeting with the rising generation every evening, and that takes time. Henry can say, 'Twinkle, twinkle,' all himself, and Edward can repeat it after his father! Giants of genius! Paragons of erudition! Adoniram Judson
Time Generation Genius Father Every Meeting Say Giants Rising Takes Himself Repeat His Edward Erudition Hold After Evening Henry Twinkle
The places chosen for the administration of the ordinance, and the circumstances attending those instances, in which the act of baptizing is particularly described in the New Testament, plainly indicate immersion. Adoniram Judson
Those Circumstances Administration Indicate Attending New Particularly Testament New Testament Ordinance Which Places Plainly Act Chosen
We should naturally expect that the baptism of infants, if enjoined at all, would have been enjoined in the law which instituted the ordinance of Christian baptism. But this law is silent on the subject of infants. Adoniram Judson
Law Christian Would Silent Instituted Been Subject Infants Expect Ordinance Baptism Which Should Naturally
The Israelites frequently forsook God, and he as frequently forsook them. But when they repented and returned to him, he remembered his covenant and delivered them from their distresses. Adoniram Judson
God Delivered He Remembered Him Returned Frequently Covenant His Them
On thee, Jesus, all our hopes depend. In thee all power is vested, even power to make sinful creatures instrumental in enlightening the heathen. Adoniram Judson
Power Depend Our Hopes Sinful Instrumental Make Vested Heathen Thee Even Creatures Jesus Enlightening
Ah-rah-han, the first Buddhist apostle of Burma, under the patronage of King Anan-ra-tha-men-zan, disseminated the doctrines of atheism and taught his disciples to pant after annihilation as the supreme good. Adoniram Judson
Good King First Atheism Buddhist Annihilation Doctrines Supreme Disciples His Taught Burma After Patronage Apostle
I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them. Adrian Rogers
You Believe Striving High Perfect Leaders Said Lord Them Theological Standard Keep
Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there! Akiva ben Joseph
Tree Thou High Lofty Know Hill Idol Mountain Green
Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness. Akiva ben Joseph
Man Accustomed Levity
Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God; still greater was the love in that it was made known to them that they were called children of God, as it is written, 'Ye are the children of the Lord your God.' Akiva ben Joseph
Love God Made Written Known Greater Lord Israel Still Were Children Them Your Beloved
He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable. Akiva ben Joseph
Others Though Wounded Wounds He Him Himself Even Right
Man thinks, God directs. Alcuin
God Man Thinks
Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. Alcuin
God Saying People Madness Those Voice Crowd Since Always Very Close Listened Should Who Keep
The church which ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical. Alexander Duff
Church Will Soon Cease Ceases Which Evangelical
It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology. Alfred Loisy
God Me Personality Projection Reflection Has-Been Kind Purified Seems More More And More Never Mythology Ideal Obvious Been Human Anything Upward Theology Notion Human Personality
The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril . Alfred Loisy
Truth Man Truth Is Priest Support Peril Supreme Himself Trade Which Search
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