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
ABRAHAM KUYPERNotwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high above them by its right to command and compel.
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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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.
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There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘Mine.’
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower.
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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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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
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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.
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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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