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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

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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Age Drawn Empire External Eye Golden Parallel Yield
In this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century.
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Alive Aspiration Cold Devotion Higher Practical
It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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Bible Christ Church Community Hand Impossible
He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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Best Friend Friendship God Near Pushes
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
The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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Austerity Church Existence Poor Prolonging Relation
Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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Age Art Barren Dominating Emotion Intellectualism Money Reduce Soul Unchecked
The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this.
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Art Come Exist Higher Motive Notion Something
… we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation….
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Gratefully Hand Institution Liberty Mean Stat
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
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
And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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Benefit Grasp Heart React Unable
We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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Faith God Holy Passive Reject Silent
The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ.
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Christian Church Families Gift Group Jesus Responsibility
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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Beauty Birth Christian Flower Gave God Kind
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.
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Acted Escape Mind Motive Seek Sooner Spur Upon

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.

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