James McCosh: Quotes about God

James McCosh was British philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on god.

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“I hold that we have a very imperfect knowledge of the works of nature till we view them as works of God,— not only as works of mechanism, but works of intelligence, not only as under laws, but under a Lawgiver, wise and good.”

James McCosh

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 429.

God , Law , Intelligence , Nature

“True humility is a Christian grace and one of the fruits of the Spirit, originating in a deep consciousness of sin past and present, and leading us to discover our nothingness in the view of God, our insufficiency for any thing that is good, and prompting us, as we feel our infirmities, to strive after higher and yet higher attainments.”

James McCosh

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 329.

God , Feeling , Past

“As ages roll on there is doubtless a progression in human nature. The intellectual comes to rule the physical, and the moral claims to subordinate both. It is no longer strength of body that prevails, but strength of mind; while the law of God proclaims itself superior to both.”

James McCosh

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 216.

God , Age , Law , Nature