Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
ADAM CLARKEWhether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
More Adam Clarke Quotes
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Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father’s house into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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Anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men’s ignorance of the real an immediate cause.
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We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
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