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3/24/2019 ~ Presidential Quotes 19


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Darkness is the final rest for all unbelieving.
Who can claim the heart of another is what it is.

26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

“It is better to be faithful than famous.”

“The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is
a great adventure, and I want to say to you, accept it in such a spirit.”

“Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political,
and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are
not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.”

... the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the
word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another ... ~ 1st Corinthians 12:7-10


But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing
to each one individually as He wills. ... ~ 1st Corinthians 12:11-12


“Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude,
prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty,
equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition,
bigotry, lust tyranny and despotism.”

“I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion
that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts
obeyed, it comes nearest to the Christian religion, in its moral effects
and influence, of any institution with which I am acquainted.”

“I hold that in this country there must be complete severance
of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used for the
purpose of advancing any particular creed; and therefore that the
public schools shall be nonsectarian and no public moneys
appropriated for sectarian schools.”

“There is superstition in science quite as much as there is
superstition in theology, and it is all the more dangerous because
those suffering from it are profoundly convinced that they
are freeing themselves from all superstition.”

Atheism in science is a dead science.
We serve in a living universe. It is still the land of the living.
God gave us science, science’s assimilations cannot give us God.
Science without heart is blind to the higher hope that faith offers.
Faith in science without God is a most limiting thought.
One does not find God in a rabbit hole.


“I believe that this Republic will endure for many centuries. If so there will
doubtless be among its Presidents Protestants and Catholics, and very
probably at some time, Jews. I have consistently tried while President to
act in relation to my fellow Americans of Catholic faith as I hope that any
future President who happens to be Catholic will act towards his fellow
Americans of Protestant faith. Had I followed any other course I should
have felt that I was unfit to represent the American people.”

“We fight in honorable fashion for the good of mankind; fearless of the
future, unheeding of our individual fates, with unflinching hearts and
undimmed eyes; we stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord.”

“A churchless community, a community where men have
abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs,
is a community on the rapid downgrade.”

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, ... ~ Hebrews 10:24-25


When spirits unite greatness is achieved
 Consider one another in order to:

    ● Stir up love and good works
    ● Not forsaking the assembling  
    ● Exhorting one another

“We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing,
law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.”

“If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he
becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.”

“Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum
of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which
our people are proud, almost every such man has based
his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible.”

“I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more
of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.”

... I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach
others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. ~ 1st Corinthians 14:19


“He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely ... mastered it so
that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and
who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein.”

... be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. ~ Romans 12:2


“Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the
Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not only for his
own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men.”

“The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose,
resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking
down on their task because it is cast in the day of small things; scornful
of baseness, awake to their own duties as well as to their rights,
following the higher law with reverence, and in this world doing all
that in their power lies, so that when death comes they may feel
that humanity is in some degree better because they lived.”

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait ...
~ Philippians 3:20-21


“From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely
found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest
sense only by those who have not shirked life's burdens.”

For each one shall bear his own load. ~ Galatians 6:5

"By your patience possess your souls." ~ Luke 21:19

“The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true
unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty
deeds we make them come true.”



Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! ...
~ Jeremiah 8:12



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27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

“Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps
men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding,
more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the
trouble taken to furnish it. I do not believe in the divinity of Christ,
and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed
to which I cannot subscribe.”

... Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children. ~ Hosea 4:6


“The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in upholding
these principles and our enemies are attacking them.”

You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
~ James 2:24


“The prosperity of Masonry as a means of strengthening
our religion and propagating true brotherly love, is one of the
dearest wishes of my heart, which, I trust, will be gratified by
the help of the Grand Architect of the Universe.”

“The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a
blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays the
conduct which is pleasing and acceptable to God. The doctrines and
examples which distinguish the Order are obvious, and suited to every
capacity. It is impossible for the most fastidious Mason to misunderstand,
however he might slight or neglect them. It is impossible for the most
superficial brother to say that he is unable to comprehend the plain
precepts and the unanswerable arguments which are furnished
by Freemasonry.”

“The secret of Masonry, like the secret of life, can be known only by
those who seek it, serve it, live it. It cannot be uttered; it can only be
felt and acted. It is, in fact, an open secret, and each man knows it
according to his quest and capacity. Like all things worth knowing,
no one can know it for another and no man can know it alone.”

... the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, ... ~ 1st Corinthians 6:9-10


Sins declared by God cannot be ignored

       Neither ● fornicators
                      ● nor idolaters
                      ● nor adulterers
                      ● nor homosexuals
                      ● nor sodomites
                      ● nor thieves
                      ● nor covetous
                      ● nor drunkards
                      ● nor revilers
                      ● nor extortioners

    Will inherit the kingdom of God    


“The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition
of his character and ever strives for its perfection.”

“The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature
of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by
symbols, allegories, and lectures based upon fundamental truths,
the observance of which tends to promote stability of character,
conservatism, morality and good citizenship.”

“Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term,
is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the
service and convenience of mankind. But Freemasonry, embracing a
wider range and having a nobler object in view, namely, the cultivation
and improvement of the human mind, may with more propriety be called
a science, inasmuch as, availing itself of the terms of the former, it
inculcates the principles of the purest morality, though its lessons are
for the most part veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.”

“The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric,
founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions,
to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.”

“The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.”

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that
the Spirit of God dwells in you? ~ 1st Corinthians 3:16


“The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.”

“We have a government of limited power under the Constitution,
and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.”

“I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals that typify on
earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.”

“Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one
another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations.
The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually
yielding to arbitral courts of justice.”

“The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part
of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are
a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the
bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.”

... "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.
..." ~ Luke 18:1-4


"... Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really
find faith on the earth?" ~ Luke 18:5-8


Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship
has righteousness with lawlessness? ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 6:14


“It gives me the greatest pleasure to say, as I do from the bottom
of my heart, that never in the history of the country, in any crisis and
under any conditions, have our Jewish fellow citizens failed to live
up to the highest standards of citizenship and patriotism.”

“Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out.
It has no place in America.”

“One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears
if he happens to be President of the United States.”

... do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God;
because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ~ 1st John 4:1


“Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.”

“The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.”


The inheritance wicked adults give to their children is their own
faults in character. Breaking with tradition is at best miraculous for
those able to lift out of the misery pools created by their resentful
bitter hearted parents. Anger has both destruction and despair as its’
horrid legacy. It is only when the strength of love overpowers hate
that truth can achieve what is then the highest of all human qualities.
When a people lose courtesy civility is lost.


Ignorance breeds intolerance in heartless times
Better to be faithful than famous
Masonic ideals are achieved in Christian morals
Blind science may delude one from seeing truth
Without religious values society declines rapidly
Without ideals men become mean and sordid
It is one’s duty to live to improve humanity
Education is futile without helping moral character
Each man must be accountable for his own godliness
Precepts of the Gospel is the temple of the heart
Lawful courts reflects the justice God wills for man
Judges who lack character damn our country
Bigotry and intolerance has no place in America
Truth can be uncertain for an American president

Fear and anger steal security found in true worship.

Darkness has an eerie destination of nowhere.




 

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