A Wise Man Looks Upon

The Old And New Testaments Contain But One Scheme Of Religion. Neither Part Of This Scheme Can Be Understood Without The Other.

Philosophy Is A Proud, Sullen Detector Of The Poverty And Misery Of Man. It May Turn Him From The World With A Proud, Sturdy Contempt; But It Cannot Come Forward And Say, Here Are Rest, Grace, Pardon, Peace, Strength, And Consolation.

A Wise Man Looks Upon Men As He Does On Horses; All Their Caparisons Of Title, Wealth, And Place, He Considers But As Harness.

In Viewing The Scheme Of Redemption, I Seem Like One Viewing A Vast And Complicated Machine Of Exquisite Contrivance; What I Comprehend Of It Is Wonderful, What I Do Not, Is, Perhaps, More So Still.

Duties Are Ours; Events Are God's. This Removes An Infinite Burden From The Shoulders Of A Miserable, Tempted, Dying Creature. On This Consideration Only, Can He Securely Lay Down His Head, And Close His Eyes.