And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
ABRAHAM KUYPEROne 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.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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.
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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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
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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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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There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!
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… 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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We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom
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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!
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We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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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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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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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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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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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.
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