Author Profession

Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I’m mad, I weigh a ton.

Profession : Clergyman

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.

Profession : Clergyman

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

Profession : Clergyman

IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established.

Profession : Clergyman

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Profession : Clergyman

What a year to live in! Worth all other times ever known in our history or any other.

Profession : Clergyman

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

Profession : Clergyman

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

Profession : Clergyman

A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.

Profession : Clergyman

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.

Profession : Clergyman