Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
d. 1880 United States
Edwin Hubbell Chapin (December 29, 1814 – December 26, 1880) was a Universalist minister who became famed as an orator in the 1840s.
- United States
- 19th-century poets
Also known as: E. H. Chapin, Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust.
Living Words (1860)
[U]nder the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconsciously to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.
Living Words (1860)
[Christ] illustrates the purport of life as he descends from his transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.
Living Words (1860)
[A] true man … never frets about his place in the world; but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star!
Humanity in the City (1854)
Consider, then, and act upon the true ends of existence. This world which stretches out before you, is but the vestibule of an immortal life. These deeds that are taking place around you, touch upon chords that extend by a thousand connections, visible and invisible, and vibrate in eternity.