"How it came to pass that man, originally……" — Simon Greenleaf
"How it came to pass that man, originally taught, as we doubt not he was, to know and to worship the true Jehovah, is found, at so early a period of his history, a worshiper of baser objects, it is foreign to our present purpose to inquire."
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Simon Greenleaf
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25 Quotes by Simon Greenleaf
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The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as…
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Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of…
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Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart…
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If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another,…
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The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection…
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The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in…
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These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a…
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But if they are well-founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by…
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There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead…
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Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in…
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In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands…
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The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every…
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More Baser Quotes
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Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would…
— James E. Faust
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For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place…
— Marcello Malpighi
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Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for…
— Bryant H. McGill
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It is no small advantage to the holy life to "begin the day with God." The saints are wont to…
— Thomas Case
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Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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We have taught our people to use prayer too much as a means of comfort - not in the original…
— Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
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Constancy... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser…
— Lord Byron
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You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of…
— T.H. White
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We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to…
— Jacqueline Carey
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Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd,…
— John Milton
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Try vegetarianism and you will be surprised: meditation becomes far easier. Love becomes more subtle, loses its grossness - becomes…
— Rajneesh
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