Somewhere and I cant find where I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest If I did not know about God and sin would I go to hell? No said the priest not if you did not know. Then why asked the Eskimo earnestly did you tell me?
You are a man not God; you are human not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue when this was not possible even for an angel of heaven nor for the first man in the Garden?
What in me is dark Illumine what is low raise and support That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence And justify the ways of God to men.
This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
O what their joy and their glory must be Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant for weary ones rest: God shall be all and in all ever blest. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore vision of peace that brings hope evermore; wish and fulfillment shall severed be neer nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer. There where no trouble distraction can bring we the sweet anthems of Zion shall sing while for thy grace Lord their voices of praise thy blessed people eternally raise. Now in the meantime with hearts raised on high we for that country must yearn and must sigh seeking Jerusalem dear native land through the long exile on Babylons strand. Low before him with our praises we fall of whom and in whom and through whom are all; of whom the Father; and in whom the Son; through whom the Spirit with both ever one.
Then God may He be exalted! said to me What are you? I replied I am two things according to two different relations. With respect to You I am the Eternal forever and ever. I am the necessary Being who epiphanizes himself. My necessity proceeds from the necessity of Your essence and my eternity from the eternity of Your knowledge and Your attributes. With respect to me I am pure non-being who has never breathed the perfume of existence the adventitious being who remains nonexistent in his adventitiousness. I only possess being so long as I am present with You and for You. Left to myself and absent from You I am one who is not even while he is (fa-ana mafqud mawjud).
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
A sense of relationship and copartnership with God involves the concept of universal brotherhood and that will help to develop intelligent tolerance open-mindedness and good-natured optimism. Life is really a battle between fear and faith pessimism and optimism. Fear and pessimism paralyze men with skepticism and futility. One must have a sense of humor to be an optimist in times like these. And you young women will need a sense of humor if you marry these young men and try to live with them. Golden Kimball once said in a conference The Lord Himself must like a joke or he wouldnt have made some of you people. But your good humor must be real not simulated. Let your smiles come from the heart and they will become contagious. You may see men on the street any day whose laugh is only a frozen grin with nothing in it but teeth. Men without humor tend to forget their source lose sight of their goal and with no lubrication in their mental crankshafts they must drop out of the race. Lincoln said Good humor is the oxygen of the soul. And someone paraphrased The surly bird catches the germ.
I go walking and the hills loom above me range upon range one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God He lifts me up where I can see clearly where everything has a distinct contour.
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
I throw myself down in my chamber and I call in and invite God and his Angels thither and when they are there I neglect God and his Angels for the noise of a fly for the rattling of a coach for the whining of a door.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
As the poet said Only God can make a tree probably because its so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Your Highness I have no need of this hypothesis.
Had I but serv?d my God with half the zeal I serv?d my king he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
The noblest employment of the mind of man is the study of the works of his creator.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief the other is contumely.
God is Love I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is.
Among the attributes of God although they are all equal mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
They say God is everywhere and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Somewhere and I cant find where I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest If I did not know about God and sin would I go to hell? No said the priest not if you did not know. Then why asked the Eskimo earnestly did you tell me?
If I had only known I would have been a locksmith.
For what are they all in their high conceit When man in the bush with God may meet?
Try first thyself and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lend aid.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
When there is no hope there can be no endeavor.
You are a man not God; you are human not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue when this was not possible even for an angel of heaven nor for the first man in the Garden?
God is not willing to do everything and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
What in me is dark Illumine what is low raise and support That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence And justify the ways of God to men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief – the other contempt.
Say first of God above or man below What can we reason but from what we know?
Call on God but row away from the rocks.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Education is learning what you didnt even know you didnt know.
O what their joy and their glory must be Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant for weary ones rest: God shall be all and in all ever blest. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore vision of peace that brings hope evermore; wish and fulfillment shall severed be neer nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer. There where no trouble distraction can bring we the sweet anthems of Zion shall sing while for thy grace Lord their voices of praise thy blessed people eternally raise. Now in the meantime with hearts raised on high we for that country must yearn and must sigh seeking Jerusalem dear native land through the long exile on Babylons strand. Low before him with our praises we fall of whom and in whom and through whom are all; of whom the Father; and in whom the Son; through whom the Spirit with both ever one.
Good fortune is a god among men and more than a god.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Then God may He be exalted! said to me What are you? I replied I am two things according to two different relations. With respect to You I am the Eternal forever and ever. I am the necessary Being who epiphanizes himself. My necessity proceeds from the necessity of Your essence and my eternity from the eternity of Your knowledge and Your attributes. With respect to me I am pure non-being who has never breathed the perfume of existence the adventitious being who remains nonexistent in his adventitiousness. I only possess being so long as I am present with You and for You. Left to myself and absent from You I am one who is not even while he is (fa-ana mafqud mawjud).
Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
Everything is given by God. All talent creativity ability insight and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.
People see God every day; they just dont recognize Him.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
For I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of god.
ZEUS n. The chief of Grecian gods adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God Gold Mob and Dog.
I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
A sense of relationship and copartnership with God involves the concept of universal brotherhood and that will help to develop intelligent tolerance open-mindedness and good-natured optimism. Life is really a battle between fear and faith pessimism and optimism. Fear and pessimism paralyze men with skepticism and futility. One must have a sense of humor to be an optimist in times like these. And you young women will need a sense of humor if you marry these young men and try to live with them. Golden Kimball once said in a conference The Lord Himself must like a joke or he wouldnt have made some of you people. But your good humor must be real not simulated. Let your smiles come from the heart and they will become contagious. You may see men on the street any day whose laugh is only a frozen grin with nothing in it but teeth. Men without humor tend to forget their source lose sight of their goal and with no lubrication in their mental crankshafts they must drop out of the race. Lincoln said Good humor is the oxygen of the soul. And someone paraphrased The surly bird catches the germ.
Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God.
I go walking and the hills loom above me range upon range one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God He lifts me up where I can see clearly where everything has a distinct contour.
All the gods are dead except the god of war.
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
I throw myself down in my chamber and I call in and invite God and his Angels thither and when they are there I neglect God and his Angels for the noise of a fly for the rattling of a coach for the whining of a door.
God never made His work for man to mend.