“The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.”

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower.

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand – in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science.

An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.

It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.

He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.

It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.

Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

And when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.

It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God’s holy ordinances shall be established again in the home

He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life

How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye