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There Are Two Kinds Of Beauty; There Is A Beauty Which God Gives At Birth, And Which Withers As A Flower. And There Is A Beauty Which God Grants When By His Grace Men Are Born Again. That Kind Of Beauty Never Vanishes But Blooms Eternally.

... We Have Gratefully To Receive From The Hand Of God The Institution Of The State With Its Magistrates As A Means Of Preservation.... On The Other Hand ... By Virtue Of Our Natural Impulse, We Must Ever Watch Against The Danger Which Lurks For Our Personal Liberty In The Power Of The State.

There Is Not One Square Inch Of The Entire Creation About Which Jesus Does Not Cry Out, 'this Is Mine!'

The Seminaries Must Be Like The Churches' Poor Relations, Prolonging Their Existence With Austerity.

A Charity Which Knows Only How To Give Money Is Not Yet Christian Love. You Will Be Free Of Guilt Only When You Also Give Your Time, Your Energy, And Your Resourcefulness To Help End Such Abuses For Good, And When You Allow Nothing That Lies Hidden In The Storehouse Of Your Christian Religion To Remain Unused Against The Cancer That Is Destroying The Vitality Of Our Society In Such Alarming Ways.