Churches Quotes ( 10 - 20 of 25 )
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n,
Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;
But such plain read more
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n,
Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;
But such plain roofs as Piety could raise,
And only vocal with the Maker's praise.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
To Kerke the narre, from God more farre.
To Kerke the narre, from God more farre.
I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of
mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily read more
I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of
mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when
it made a cathedral.
The nearer the church, the further from God.
The nearer the church, the further from God.
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin read more
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin town,
And on it put a steeple.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it read more
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.
To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of read more
To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church.
[Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,
Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
