I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn. |
I was of the '60s, and there was an idealistic motivation I had at the time that one could make an impact on the social justice system by having a life within the law, ... At the risk of sounding flowery, I still believe that. |
I'd had the quintessential liberal arts experience, and I came out of college not having a clue of what to do, |
Immediately it stuck into my mind, "Leave off preaching. How can you preach to others, who have not faith yourself?" I asked Boehler, whether he thought I should leave it off or not. He answered "By no means." I asked, "But what can I preach?" He said, "Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith. |
Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that ''God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself',' but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me. |
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can |
My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small. |
My talent is to speak my mind. God won't object if you bury that talent. |
No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity. |
Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago. |
Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason |
Sometimes it feels like it's Vaudeville up there on the bench, ... The robe is a costume. I'm on an elevated seat. It could be looked at as staging. |
The best of it is, God is with us. |
The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion. |
The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed. |