36 Quotes by Henry Parry Liddon

The resurrection asserts a truth which is by no means always written legibly for all men on the face of nature. It tells us that the spiritual is higher than the material; that in this universe spirit counts for more than matter.

The Church of the Apostles was a Church of the poor; of silver and gold it had none.

No light privilege is it to have a hand in building up the moral life of these new communities; no common honour surely to help to lay side by side with the foundations of their free political institutions the broad and deep foundations of the Church of God.

The truth is I suppose that a tour lays in a great stock of thought and spirits for the future; the fatigue and drawbacks of actual travelling are forgotten and a bright residuum remains.

Practically speaking, there are for each one of us two supreme realities – God and the soul. The heavens and the earth will pass away. But the soul will still remain, face to face with God.

The history of the Church of Christ from the days of the Apostles has been a history of spiritual movements.

Look to the end; and resolve to make the service of Christ the first object in what remains of life, without indifference to the opinion of your fellow men, but also without fear of it.

If man looks within himself he must perceive two things: a law of right, and that which it condemns.

Useful knowledge, practical kindness, and beneficent laws – these are not the Gospel; but, like philosophy, they are, or may be, its handmaids. They may make its task smooth and grateful; they may associate themselves with its victories, or they may prepare its way.