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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

In a long meter hymn, a singer – they call it ‘lays out a line.’ And then the whole church joins in in repeating that line. And they form a wall of harmony so tight, you can’t wedge a pin between it.

People don’t come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.

There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.