Gardiner Spring Quote

The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object of the one is the agreement of the several parts of a theological proposition; the object of the other is moral beauty, the intrinsic loveliness of God and Divine things. The sinner sees and hates; the saint sees and loves.


Quote reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 365.


The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object...

The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object...

The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object...

The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object...