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
If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world. — 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
Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
His throne is the pulpit. He stands in Christ's stead. His message is the Word of God. Around him are immortal souls. The Savior,… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
