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Rh Learning, without Christ, is among the most dangerous attainments the human race has ever secured and one of the most unsatisfying. —.

If thou knewest the whole Bible by heart, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what would it profit thee without the love of God and without grace? —.

What a man knows should find its expression in what he does. The value of superior knowledge is chiefly in that it leads to a performing manhood. —.

Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my religious position and character. —.

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. —.

There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian but the most wise Christian that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares. Knowledge without wisdom is like mettle in a blind horse, which is often an occasion of the rider's fall. —.