The Seminaries Must Be Like The Churches'

One Desire Has Been The Ruling Passion Of My Life. One 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. It Is This: That In Spite Of All Worldly Opposition, God's Holy Ordinances Shall Be Established Again In The Home, 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, To Which Bible And Creation Bear Witness, Until The Nation Pays Homage Again To God

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!

The Holy Scripture Is Like A Diamond: In The Dark It Is Like A Piece Of Glass, But As Soon As The Light Strikes It The Water Begins To Sparkle, And The Scintillation Of Life Greets Us.

Lutheranism Restricted Itself To An Exclusively Ecclesiastical And Theological Character, While Calvinism Put Its Impress In And Outside The Church Upon Every Aspect Of Human Life.

We Cannot Be Passive And Silent Towards Those Who Reject God's Word And Our Holy Faith.