Nathaniel Emmons Quotes

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Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.

Nathaniel Emmons

Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.

Nathaniel Emmons

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Nathaniel Emmons

Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.

Nathaniel Emmons

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Nathaniel Emmons