"There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 147), 1895.

George C. Lorimer

#Long Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Church Quotes

“Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.”
“Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.”

Source : Source: www.rutherford.org
“If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.”
“Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.”
“We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.”
“I just hope you have as much fun letting it spin as I did putting it together.”
“I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.”
“Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.”

Source : Bliss Carman (1906). “Pipes of Pan: Containing "From the Book of Myths", "From the Green Book of the Bards", "Songs of the Sea Children", "Songs from a Northern Garden", "From the Book of Valentines,"”

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