"The more men have multiplied the forms of……" — Nathanael Emmons
"The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, the more vital Godliness has declined."
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Nathanael Emmons
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21 Quotes by Nathanael Emmons
Nathanael Emmons has 21 quotes on this site.
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Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.
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One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide…
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Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. - As death finds them in this world, so will…
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How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe;…
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Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in…
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Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
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Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.
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There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.
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You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than…
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Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the…
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It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
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