Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the earth. There is not now a temple… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
