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, 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
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, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. faith
I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today. faith
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 views from William Blake
32 views from William Blake
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 more quotes from Franz Grillparzer
6 more quotes from Franz Grillparzer
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 sayings from Storm Jameson
2 sayings from Storm Jameson
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo
73 thoughts from Victor Hugo