43 Quotes by Matthew Simpson

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.

Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.

It is my title to a place in heaven; and there, when earth shall have passed and its events shall have closed, I shall have a home forever.

We are assured, however, in Scripture that though the forces against us may be many, they that be for us are more than they that be against us.

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.