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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.
Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our read more
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and read more
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
"Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
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"Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
Thy God hath set for thee.
Beyond the Alpine summits of great pain
Lieth thine Italy."
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of read more
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--
They sought a faith's pure shrine!
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the read more
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? read more
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.
To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.