Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 318.
“The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call good works.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 618.
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Scottish theologian 1788–1870Related quotes
The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. On this account, the superior man does not wait till he sees things, to be cautious, nor till he hears things, to be apprehensive.
The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1112.
Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
Source: Paradoxes of Faith (1987), Ch. II. "Christianity", p. 24
Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)
Speech before the Chamber of Commerce, Elmira, New York (3 May 1907); published in Addresses and Papers of Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, 1906–1908 (1908), p. 139
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 429.