Evangelical United Brethren

Famous quotes containing the words evangelical, united and/or brethren:

    “Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.”
    —Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)

    “And call ye this to utter what is just,
    You that of justice hold the sov’reign throne?
    And call ye this to yield, O sons of dust,
    To wronged brethren ev’ry man his own?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)