We Cannot Be Passive And

Lutheranism Restricted Itself To An Exclusively Ecclesiastical And Theological Character, While Calvinism Put Its Impress In And Outside The Church Upon Every Aspect Of Human Life.

How Often Has Not The Parallel Been Drawn And The Golden Age Of The Roman Empire, When The External Brilliancy Of Life Likewise Dazzled The Eye, Notwithstanding That The Social Diagnosis Could Yield No Other Verdict Than 'rotten To The Very Core'?

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

Genius Is A Sovereign Power; It Forms Schools; It Lays Hold On The Spirits Of Men, With Irresistible Might; And It Exercises An Immeasurable Influence On The Whole Condition Of Human Life. This Sovereignty Of Genius Is A Gift Of God, Possessed Only By His Grace. It Is Subject To No One And Is Responsible To Him Alone Who Has Granted It This Ascendancy.

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.