We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Samuel AdamsRead
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.
Interpretation
Human happiness is based on universal truths that are evident to everyone, and these truths are accessible through the Bible.
In this quote, Samuel Adams emphasizes that the truths essential for human happiness are made clear by the creator and are available to everyone. He highlights the role of the Bible as a guiding source that has been made accessible by our ancestors, suggesting that understanding these truths can lead to a fulfilling life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to emphasize the importance of the Bible in understanding happiness.
We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves? We claim British rights not by charter only! We are born to them.
Let no man thirst for good beer.
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man.
We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.
Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.
I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.
Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.
HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
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