Comedy is tragedy - plus time

It is a great mistake, and of very pernicious consequence to the souls of men, to imagine that the gospel is all promises on God's part, and that our part is only to believe them and to rely upon God for the performance of them, and to be very confident that He will make them good, though we do nothing else but only believe that He will do so. That the Christian religion is only a declaration of God's goodwill to us, without any expectation of duty from us -- this is an error which one could hardly think could ever enter into any who have the liberty to read the Bible and attend to what they read and find there. The three great promises of the gospel are all very expressly contained in our Saviour's first sermon upon the mount. There we find the promise of blessedness often repeated but never absolutely made, but upon certain conditions, plainly required on our part, as repentance, righteousness, humility, mercy, peaceableness, meekness, patience. Forgiveness of sins is likewise promised, but only to those who make a penitent acknowledgement of them and ask forgiveness for them., and are ready to grant that forgiveness to others which they beg of God for themselves. The gift of God's Holy Spirit is likewise promised, but it is upon condition of our earnest and importunate prayer to God. The gospel is everywhere full of precepts enjoining duty and obedience upon our part, as well as of promises on God's part, assuring blessings to us -- nay, full of terrible threatenings also if we disobey the precepts of the gospel.

The merry lark he soars on high, No worldly thought o'ertakes him. He sings aloud to the clear blue sky, And the daylight that awakes him.

no problem, it's a done deal.

Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.

Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause of the overwhelming amount of error and misunderstanding of the events of the future.

shooter's bounce(basketball cliche).

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.

I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.

A good beginning makes a good end.

With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, And memory, like a drop that, night and day, Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!

In naked beauty more adorned More lovely than Pandora.

Wind buffs up empty bladders, opinion, fools.

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.

We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb.

A little girl can be sweeter oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves . . .

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.