"There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel."

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"There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel."

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"In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about."

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"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."

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"Many are called but few are chosen. There are sayings of Christ which suggest that the Church he came to establish will always be a minority affair."

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"One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics."

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"The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated Africa."

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