Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into relations of affection, submission, and communion with Him.
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“Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.”
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