Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished — Matthew Simpson
Napoleon was probably the equal at least of washington in intellect, his superior in education. — Matthew Simpson
It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object — Matthew Simpson
Mr. Lincoln’s elevation shows that in america every station in life may be honorable — Matthew Simpson
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then mr. Lincoln’s title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. — Matthew Simpson
Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense — Matthew Simpson
We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God. — Matthew Simpson
Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in — Matthew Simpson
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant — Matthew Simpson
If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for jesus, and he will never forsake you! — Matthew Simpson
If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse — Matthew Simpson
Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men — Matthew Simpson
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired — Matthew Simpson
We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications — Matthew Simpson
The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move — Matthew Simpson
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith — Matthew Simpson
Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy — Matthew Simpson
Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections. — Matthew Simpson
We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness — Matthew Simpson
