Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism, and Socialism (1879)
“And how high is Christ's cross? As high as the highest heaven, and the throne of God, and the bosom of the Father — that bosom out of which forever proceed all created things. Ay, as high as the highest heaven! for — if you will receive it — when Christ hung upon the cross, heaven came down on earth, and earth ascended into heaven.”
Source: Attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 171.
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 173.
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