Benjamin Fish Austin: Quotes about men

Benjamin Fish Austin was Nineteenth-century Canadian educator/Methodist Minister/Spiritualist. Explore interesting quotes on men.
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“The creeds are not changing as rapidly as the beliefs of the people, nor as rapidly as most men of progressive mind desire”

Benjamin Fish Austin

Defence at his Heresy Trial

“Why should inspiration be limited to one past age? If Truth came to Paul 1900 years ago it can come to you today. After all, Heaven is as near to-day, God is as loving and as kind to-day, and truth as abundant to-day, as in the ages when men are said to have possessed inspiration.”

Benjamin Fish Austin

Sermon (1899)

“I do not believe in infallible men, nor in an infallible church, nor in an infallible book”

Benjamin Fish Austin

Defence at his Heresy Trial

“A difficulty in seeking Truth is the notion that certain men are ordained of heaven to seek Truth for all mankind and that we are to accept their acquisitions in the place of seeking for ourselves. We can never attain Truth by proxy. By divine ordination every man is an original investigator of Truth. He denies his own reason who hands over his religious views and opinions to any priest or religious teacher… We are to accept nothing on the opinions of others. What another man has thought and believed, what a Church Council or synod has formulated is nothing to me, only that it may be a reason for personal investigation ending in acceptance or rejection as I may find it in harmony with reason and well established truth.”

Benjamin Fish Austin

Sermon (1899)