Author: Matthew Simpson

Quotes

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

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

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

- 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

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.

- 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

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

- 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

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

- 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

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