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Thought for the Day 7 March 2010

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Sunday, March 7th, 2010
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The immortality of truth, its oneness, the impossibility of falsehood coalescing with it, what truth is, what it should lead one to do in particular cases, how it lies in the details of life,—all these points are mere matters of debate in the world, and men go through long processes of argument, and pride themselves on their subtleness in defending or attacking, in making probable or improbable, ideas which are assumed without a word by those who have lived in heaven, as the very ground to start from.

From the sermon ‘Moral Effects of Communion with God’ (1837) Click here for the full text (leaves site)