In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.
タグ: religion, meaning, god, christianity

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
タグ: truth-is, dog, truth, god
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
タグ: no-work, before, does, god, work
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
タグ: always, will, thoughts, god
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
タグ: mercy, ignorance, freedom, god
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
タグ: only, men, man, god
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