The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was read more

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.

A habit of devout fellowship with God is the spring of all our life, and the strength of it.

A habit of devout fellowship with God is the spring of all our life, and the strength of it.

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I read more

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.

The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.

The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.