Herrick Johnson: Divine

Herrick Johnson was American clergyman. Explore interesting quotes on divine.

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“The most destructive criticism has not been able to dethrone Christ as the incarnation of perfect holiness. The waves of a tossing and restless sea of unbelief break at His feet, and He stands still the supreme model, the inspiration of great souls, the rest of the weary, the fragrance of all Christendom, the one divine flower in the garden of God.”

Herrick Johnson

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 57.

“If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the Divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.”

Herrick Johnson

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 132.

“Christ has lifted woman to a new place in the world. And just in proportion as Christianity has sway, will she rise to a higher dignity in human life. What she has now, and what she shall have, of privilege and true honor, she owes to that gospel which took those qualities peculiarly and which had been counted weak and unworthy, and gave them a Divine glory in Christ.”

Herrick Johnson

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 618.