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In the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord

Abraham Kuyper

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

Before Constantly Face God Standing Whatsoever
The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Austerity Church Existence Poor Prolonging Relation
In the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Carve Conscience Good Nation People School State
Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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God Idea Live Plagiarsing Sin Solely
Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Diagnosis Notwithstanding Rotten Social Verdict Very Yield
The question is not if the candidate’s heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Candidate Christ Heart Name Out Speaks Starting
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.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Calvinism Character Church Ecclesiastical Exclusively Lutheranism
One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Acted Escape Mind Motive Seek Sooner Spur Upon
What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Body Hell Other Realm Restraint Soul
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.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Allow Christian Guilt Hidden Nothing Storehouse
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
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Age Drawn Empire External Eye Golden Parallel Yield
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.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Dark Diamond Glasses Light Piece Scripture Soon Strike
One desire has been the ruling passion of my life.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Desire Home Mind Motive Passion Ruling School Spur
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
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Exercise Genius Irresistible Man might School Sovereign Spirit
To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Critical Faith Life Scripture Soul Through Word
A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and your resourcefulness to help end such abuses for good,
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Cancer Christian Free Guilty Love Lying Money Only

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