The Theological Systems Of Men And Schools

A Man May Carry The Whole Scheme Of Christian Truth In His Mind From Boyhood To Old Age Without The Slightest Effect Upon His Character And Aims. It Has Had Less Influence Than The Multiplication Table.

My God! I Thank Thee For The Bath Of Sleep, That Wraps In Balm My Weary Heart And Brain, And Drowns Within Its Waters Still And Deep My Sorrow And My Pain. I Thank Thee For My Dreams, Which Loose The Bond That Binds My Spirit To Its Daily Load, And Give It Angel Wings, To Fly Beyond Its Slumber-bound Abode.

Music Was A Thing Of The Soul — A Rose-lipped Shell That Murmured Of The Eternal Sea — A Strange Bird Singing The Songs Of Another Shore.

All That Has Been Done To Weaken The Foundation Of An Implicit Faith In The Bible, As A Whole, Has Been At The Expense Of The Sense Of Religious Obligation, And At The Cost Of Human Happiness.

Ah! Soul Of Mine! Ah! Soul Of Mine! Thy Sluggish Senses Are But Bars That Stand Between Thee And The Stars, And Shut Thee From The World Divine.