Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God had doomed this city to destruction as a polluted city, and was resolved to purge… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
No true work since the world began was ever wasted; no true life since the world began has ever failed. Oh, understand those two perverted word, failure and success and measure them by the eternal, not the earthly, standard. When… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
It appears to be uncertain whether the journey of Mary with her husband was obligatory or voluntary. . . . Women were liable to… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy. — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
We often do more good by our sympathy than by our labors. A man may lose position, influence, wealth, and even health, and yet… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
Concerning the prayer that mountains fall to crush and hide, Farrar , says: "These words of Christ met with a painfully literal illustration when… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be, and was, addressed to the queenliest. — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
