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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.

Abraham Kuyper

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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God Idea Live Plagiarsing Sin Solely
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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Allow Christian Guilt Hidden Nothing Storehouse
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.
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Aim Employed Glory God Service Strictly
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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Changing External Frequenting Impure World
… 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
One desire has been the ruling passion of my life.
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Desire Home Mind Motive Passion Ruling School Spur
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
You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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Conviction Dearest Enemy Faith Lay Price
An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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Allow Authority Follow Respect Sovereignty State
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
On the other hand … by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state.
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Danger Hand Personal Virtue
Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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Goal Process Ultimate Unity Way
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
To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
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Critical Faith Life Scripture Soul Through Word
. 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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Genius Gift God Grace Possessed Responsible Sovereignty
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.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Christian Church Families Gift Group Jesus Responsibility

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