The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
WILLIAM COWPERThe Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
More William Cowper Quotes
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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