Matthew Simpson, was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852 and based mostly in Chicago. During the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War, most evangelical denominations in the North, especially the Methodists, were strong supporters of Radical policies that favored the Freedmen and distrusted the Southern whites. Bishop Simpson played a leading role in mobilizing the Northern Methodists for the cause. His biographer calls him the "High Priest of the Radical Republicans."
If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. faith
I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today. faith
We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. faith
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. faith & knowledge
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning
22 wisdom & wit from Robert Browning
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 views from Honore de Balzac
53 views from Honore de Balzac
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 other quotes from Isadora Duncan
5 other quotes from Isadora Duncan
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher