Author: Matthew Simpson

Quotes

Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.

Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.

- Matthew Simpson

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

- Matthew Simpson

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

- Matthew Simpson

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

- Matthew Simpson

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.

- Matthew Simpson

The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.

The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.

- Matthew Simpson

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.

- Matthew Simpson

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

- Matthew Simpson

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

- Matthew Simpson

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