53 Metaphors for christians

"Sidi," he said, "this Christian is a frightened fooland a baheen (ass)I had the greatest trouble to get him herehe was frightened out of himselfand now Allah!

The Christian is the only true religion; but Heaven loves all goodness that believes honestly, whatsoever the belief may be.

A trustful Christian, whose heart had been deeply touched with thoughts of religion, was one day thinking and pondering and wishing that he might be more truly convinced of the actual existence of the Holy Spirit.

But Christian was such a meek, mild, simple little Welshman, not the least pushing or ambitious; and very soon Dr. Irechester, who's quite well off, was glad to leave him the dirty work, I mean (she explained, smiling) the cottages, and the panel work, National Insurance, you know, and so on.

A CHRISTIAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY MORE THAN ONE WIFE.

A Christian is a Christian, let him live or die where he may.

Sir Roger de Coverly's Country SeatYes, for I hate long SpeechesQuery, if a good Christian may be a ConjurerChildermas-day, Saltseller, House-Dog, Screech-owl, CricketMr.

POGGENDORF, JOHANN CHRISTIAN, a German physicist and chemist, born at Hamburg; professor of Physics at Berlin; was the editor for more than half a century of the famous Annalen der Physik und Chimie, and the author of numerous papers (1796-1877).

But the Christian feels his love of God excited by every fresh goodness.

And now, having mentioned scripture, I cannot omit observing, that the christian is the only religious or moral institution in the world, that ever set, in a right light, these two material points, the essence and the end of virtue, that ever founded the one in the production of happiness, that is, in universal benevolence, or, in their language, charity to all men; the other, in the probation of man, and his obedience to his creator.

Christian and Mussulman were friends.

WUTTKE, KARL, theologian, born at Breslau, professor at Halle; wrote on Christian ethics, stoutly maintained the incompatibility of Christianity with democracy, that a Christian could not be a democrat or a democrat a Christian (1819-1870).

For I cared no more about Christian's Elsa than about Christian himselfless, indeed, for Christian was a good soldier and master-at-arms, and taught me how to handle the match-lock, the pistolet, and the other new weapons that had begun to come in from France.

Oh, thou Heathen Christian! was not one Woman enough? Mop.

"By reading the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians, I learned that Christ's body is the church; that to become a member of the church my name must be written in heaven; that every Christian in the world is my brother or sister in Christ; the Lamb's book of life is the only class-book in which our names need to be recorded; and that our names are removed only because of our turning again to sin.

"But, on this showing, every Christian, nay, every religious man, is a mystic; for he believes in an invisible world?"

Mr. Addison sent for the young Lord Warwick, as he was dying, to shew him in what peace a Christian could dieunluckily he died of brandynothing makes a Christian die in peace like being maudlin!

What he means by his assertion, that it wants policy, I do not well understand; he does not mean to deny, that a good christian will be a good governour, or a good subject; and he has before justly observed, that the good man only is a patriot.

In 1335, King Magnus decreed that no Christian within his realm should remain a thrall, thus practically abolishing the remnants of slavery.

the truth of our religion be granted, a Christian must be the greatest monster in nature: he must at the same time be eminently wise, and notoriously foolish; a wise man in his practice, and a fool in his belief: his reasoning powers must be deranged by a constant delirium, while his conduct never swerves from the path of propriety.

While General Lee was all, and more than has been said of himthe great general, the true Christian, and the valiant soldierthere was another character in which he appeared more conspicuously than in any of the restthe quiet dignity with which he encountered defeat, and the patience with which he met the persecution of malignant power.

In the mean time rejoice that "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty;" that the Gospel places slaves "on a perfect religious equality" with their master; so that every Christian is "the Lord's freeman."

The king, who fell into a paroxysm of rage, not doubting that some Christian was the offender, issued a proclamation setting a price on the head of any one who concealed it.

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN, a world-famous story-teller of Danish birth, son of a poor shoemaker, born at Odense; was some time before he made his mark, was honoured at length by the esteem and friendship of the royal family, and by a national festival on his seventieth birthday (1805-1875).

And now, having mentioned scripture, I cannot omit observing, that the christian is the only religious or moral institution in the world, that ever set, in a right light, these two material points, the essence and the end of virtue, that ever founded the one in the production of happiness, that is, in universal benevolence, or, in their language, charity to all men; the other, in the probation of man, and his obedience to his creator.

53 Metaphors for  christians