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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not a...

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Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish th...

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No man, ever indulged more freely or happily in that playful facetiousness which gratifies all witho...

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This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earl...

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The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immed...

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Both man and woman have their own parts to play in bringing faith to the next generation, and the wo...

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Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to...

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How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unle...

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Of all things guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of t...

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The instructive admonitions, “give an account of thy stewardship,“—“occupy till I come;” are forgott...

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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes in This Country: Contrasted with Real Christianity

Why is it so hard to get people to study the Scriptures? Common sense tells us what revelation comma...

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Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that...

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Real Christianity

Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Chri...

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Real Christianity

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a d...

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Real Christianity

We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that...

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It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that ...

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Real Christianity

The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a p...

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Real Christianity

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of h...

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William Wilberforce

British Politician

Born: 1759-08-24

Died: 1833-07-29

William Wilberforce (August 24 1759 – July 29 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, theologian, and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. His third son was Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.More