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************************************************************ **[WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EACH OTHER, NOR DO WE HAVE TO BE FRIENDS FOR YOU TO READ , COPY , SHARE, AND INVITE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.] ************************************************************ **"A man’s greatest misery is to be without God - that is to have no inward connection to the One who is life and existence itself.” Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354 - 430) ************************************************************ **“It was the Lord who put it into my mind… I could feel His hand upon me… There is no question the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because He comforted me with rays of marvelous illumination from the Holy Scriptures… No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior if it is just and if the intentions is purely for His holy service. The gospel must still be preached to so many lands in such a short time. This is what convinces me.” Christopher Columbus, Discoverer of the New World (1451 - 1506) ************************************************************ **“Whatever we make the most of is our God.” Martin Luther, German Priest, Founder of the Lutheran Church (1483 - 1546) ************************************************************ **“Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily new sects, and last of all, which of all other I should never have foreseen or once suspected, he hath raised up a sect as such as teach … that men should not be terrified by the Law, but gently exhorted by the preaching of the grace of Christ.” Martin Luther, German Priest, Founder of the Lutheran Church (1483 - 1546) ************************************************************ **“God’s Law is perfect. It is His tool to convert the soul. When a sinner is confronted with God’s holy Law, his conscience affirms its truth. The Law gives understanding to the unregenerate mind. It reveals God’s absolutes and therefore produces the fear of God, leading to repentance. It is of great worth. It is sweet to the converted soul. Its function is to warn sinners of the wrath to come and lead them to shelter in the Savior. The Law of the Lord… is of use to convert the soul, to bring us back to ourselves, to our God, to our duty; for it shows us our sinfulness and misery in our departures from God and the indispensable necessity of our return to Him. Those who would know sin must get the knowledge of the Law in its strictness, extent, and spiritual nature.” Matthew Henry, British Pastor and Author of Commentary Bible (1662 - 1714) ************************************************************ **“Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” William Penn, British Quaker, Founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718) ************************************************************ **“All material things seem to have been composed of the hard and solid particles above mentioned, variously associated in the first creation by the counsel of an intelligent Agent. For it became him who created them to set them in order. And if He did so, it’s unphilosophical to seek for any other origin of the world, or to pretend that it might arise out of a chaos by the mere laws of nature.” Sir, Isaac Newton, English natural Philosopher, Mathematician, Author, and Scientist (1642 - 1727) ************************************************************ **1776, Constitution of Delaware [Most other states are similar in wording] “Everyone appointed to public office must say, ‘I do profess faith in God the Father and in the Lord, Jesus Christ His only son, and in the Holy Spirit, one God and blessed forevermore, and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.’” ************************************************************ **“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1732 - 1799) ************************************************************ **“Direct my thoughts, words, and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate Blood of the Lamb, and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit… Daily frame me more and more into the likeness of Thy Son Jesus Christ.” George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1732 - 1799) ************************************************************ **“[The Bible] is a book worth more than all the other books which were ever printed.” Patrick Henry, American Revolution Patriot, Statesman (1736 - 1799) ************************************************************ **“We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.” Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary Leader, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722 - 1803) ************************************************************ **“Let the children… be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effectual means of extirpating [removing] Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.” Benjamin Rush, US Political Leader and Physician, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745 - 1813) ************************************************************ **“The undevout astronomer must be mad.” Sir, Frederick W. Herschel, Astral Scientist, Discoverer, Inventor, Author (1738 - 1822) ************************************************************ **“Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward God… What a Utopia, what a Paradise would this region be.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1735 - 1826) ************************************************************ **“The precepts of philosophy, and of the Hebrew code,, laid hold of actions only. [Jesus] pushed His scrutinizes into the heart of man, erected His tribunal in the region of his thoughts, and purified the waters at the fountain head.” Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States, First School Board President (1743 - 1826) ************************************************************ **“[A] watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest, while we are building great monuments of renown and bliss here, we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.” James Madison, 4th President of the United States (1751 - 1836) ************************************************************ **“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character… It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political stations. But the Scriptures teach a different doctrine. They direct that rulers should be men who rule in the fear of God, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness… When a citizen gives his vote to a man of known immorality, he abuses his civil responsibility; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.” Noah Webster, Text Book Publisher and Speaker (1758 - 1843) ************************************************************ **“If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.” Daniel Webster, Politician, Secretary of State, Senator, etc. (1782 - 1852) ************************************************************ **“I believe the Bible is the best gift God has given to man. All the good Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book.” Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1809 - 1865) ************************************************************ ** “In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.” Robert E. Lee, Civil War General of the Confederacy (1807 - 1870) ************************************************************ ** “All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come from on high and are contained in the Sacred Writings.” Sir, John F. W. Herschel, Astral Scientist, Discoverer, Inventor and Author (1792 - 1871) ************************************************************ ** “Ever more the Law must prepare the way for the gospel. To overlook this in instructing souls, is almost certain to result in false hope, the introduction of a false standard of Christian experience, and to fill the Church with false converts… Time will make this plain.” Charles Finney, Preacher, Evangelist, Educator (1792 - 1875) ************************************************************ ** “The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.” Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Author, Essayist, and Historian (1795 - 1881) ************************************************************ ** “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.”… …“To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.” Charles R. Darwin, Formulator of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection (1809 - 1882) ************************************************************ ** “Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.” Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1822 - 1885) ************************************************************ ** “Lower the law, and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say that you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ. They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore, the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.” Charles Spurgeon, Foremost Preacher of the 19th Century, Evangelist, Author (1834 - 1892) ************************************************************ ** “A little science estranges men from God, but much science leads them back to Him.” Louis Pasteur, French Chemist and Bacteriologist, Scientific Discoverer (1822 - 1895) ************************************************************ ** “The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.” George Mueller, English Evangelist and Philanthropist (1805 - 1898) ************************************************************ ** “People will never set their faces decidedly toward heaven and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell. Let us expound and beat out the Ten Commandments, and show the length, and breadth, and depth, and height of their requirements. This is the way of our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount. We cannot do better than follow His plan. We may depend on it, men will never come to Jesus, and stay with Jesus, and live for Jesus, unless they really know why they are to come, and what is their need. Those whom the Spirit has convinced of sin. Without thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.” John C. Ryle, Evangelical Bishop of the Anglican Church (1816 - 1900) ************************************************************ ** “With regard to the origin of life, science…positively affirms creative power.” Lord, William T. Kelvin, British Physicist, Formulator of the Second Law of Thermodynamics (1824 - 1907) ************************************************************ ** “Most people are bothered by those passages of scripture they don’t understand, but for me I have always noticed that the passages that bother me are those I do understand.” Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), US Author, Humorist and Lecturer (1835 - 1910) ************************************************************ ** “Some men’s passion is for gold. Some men’s passion is for art. Some men’s passion is for fame. My passion is for souls.” General William Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army (1829 - 1912) ************************************************************ ** "Conscience is the internal perception of God’s moral Law.” Oswald Chambers, Author (1874- 1917) ************************************************************ ** “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”… …“No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.” Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1858 - 1919) ************************************************************ ** “Prayer is good, but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism. To your knees, man! And to your Bible! Decide at once! Don’t hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God. Quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist! C.T. Studd, British Missionary (1860 - 1931) ************************************************************ ** “The foundation of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them in faith if these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.” Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1872 - 1933) ************************************************************ ** “The effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything.”… …“Tolerance is a virtue for those who have no convictions.” G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton, British Author and Critic (1874 - 1936) ************************************************************ ** “The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions. It hushes their fears and allows them to practice all pleasant forms of iniquity while death draws every day nearer and the command to repent goes unrewarded. As responsible moral beings, we dare not so trifle with our eternal future.”… …“It is my opinion that tens of thousands of people, if not millions, have been brought into some kind of religious experience by accepting Christ, and they have not been saved.”… …“In the moral conflict now raging around us, whoever is on God’s side is on the winning side and cannot lose; whoever is on the other side is on the losing side and cannot win. Here there is no chance, no gamble. There is freedom to choose which side we shall be on, but no freedom to negotiate the results of the choice once it is made. A(iden) W(ilson) Tozer, 20th Century Preacher, Author (1897 - 1963) ************************************************************ ** “There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than the doctrine of hell, if it lay in my power. But it has the full support of scripture and, especially, of our Lord’s own words; it has always been held by the Christian Church, and it has the support of reason.”… …“The Church exist for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose. It is even doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any other reason.”… …“In science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.” C(live) S(taples) Lewis, British Author, Literary Scholar, Defender of Christianity (1898 - 1963) ************************************************************ ** “Ignorance of the nature and design of the Law is at the bottom of most religious mistakes.” John Newton, ex-Slave Trader, Minister, Author, Composed the song Amazing Grace ************************************************************ ** “Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear.”… …“Not everybody could be famous, but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service.” Martin Luther King, Jr. US Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1929 - 1968) ************************************************************ ** “Remember that, if you’re in the place where God wants you, the devil will try to offend you to get you out. He wants to uproot men and women from the place where God plants them. If he can get you out, he has been successful. If you will not budge, even in the midst of great conflict, you will spoil his plans.” John Bevere, Author of The Bait of Satan ************************************************************ ** “It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spiritual Law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with gospel bandages.” Walter Chantry, Author of Today’s Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic? ************************************************************ ** “Do you ever get that wistful feeling that there are other things more effective, even more desirable, than prayer? This explains why far too many of us are busy in attempting great things for God, rather than expecting great things from God in a humble attitude of prayer.” Robert Foster, ************************************************************ ** “Unless we see our shortcomings in the light of the Law of holiness of God, we do not see them as sin at all.” J. I. Packer ************************************************************ ** “This Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and scholars combined; without the eloquence of schools, He spoke such words of life as were never spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of orator or poet; without writing a single line, He set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes; works of art, and songs of praise than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times.” Philip Schaff, Author of The Person of Christ ************************************************************ **