Truth Is The Agreement Of Our Ideas

The Bow Of God's Wrath Is Bent, And His Arrows Made Ready Upon The String. Justice Points The Arrow At Your Heart And Strings The Bow. It Is Nothing But The Mere Pleasure Of God (and That Of An Angry God Without Any Promise Or Obligation At All) That Keeps The Arrow One Moment From Being Made Drunk With Your Blood.

There Is, Therefore, No Difficulty In Answering Such Questions As These. What Cause Was There Why The Universe Was Placed In Such A Part Of Space? And, Why Was The Universe Created At Such A Time? For, If There Be No Space Beyond The Universe, It Was Impossible That It Should Be Created In Another Place; And If There Was No Time Before, It Was Impossible It Should Be Created At Another Time.

Resolved, When I Feel Pain, To Think Of The Pains Of Martyrdom, And Of Hell.

Nature Is God's Greatest Evangelist.

Religion Consists Much In Holy Affection; But Those Exercises Of Affection Which Are Most Distinguishing Of True Religion Are These Practical Exercises. Friendship Between Earthly Friends Consists Much In Affection; But Those Strong Exercises Of Affection That Actually Carry Them Through Fire And Water For Each Other Are The Highest Evidences Of True Friendship.