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We can no more have exact religious thinking without theology, than exact mensuration and astronomy without mathematics, or exact iron-making without chemistry

— John Hall Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Give according to your means, or God will make your means according to your giving.

Direct your arrows at objects without being personal; come near your hearers. Letters dropped into the post-office without address go to the dead-letter office, and are of no use to any body.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

A lazy, indolent church tends toward unbelief; an earnest, busy church, in hand-to-hand conflict with sin and misery, grows stronger in faith.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The text should sustain, suggest, and give tone to the sermon. The main thought of the text should usually be the main thought of the sermon. A text must not be a pretext.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The minister is to be a live man, a real man, a true man, a simple man, great in his love, great in his life, great in his work, great in his simplicity, great in his gentleness.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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