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Nathaniel Emmons Quotes

1745–1840 United States

Nathaniel Emmons (April 20, 1745 – September 23, 1840) was an American Congregational minister and influential theologian of the New Divinity school.

United States
Theologians

Also known as: Emmons, Nathaniel

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There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments."

Tryon Edwards (1853)

Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nathaniel Emmons (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.