Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Ichabod Smith Spencer

American Clergy

"No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not be high-minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in that very instant wherein he boasteth that he was never tempted at all."

"To experience religion is to experience the truth of the great doctrines of divine grace."

"You must make your choice whether to hold on to some thing which cannot save you, or let go, and fall into the hands of the Lord."

"The noblest mind the best contentment has."

"Whoever believes in a God at all, believes in an infinite mystery; and if the existence of God is such an infinite mystery, we can very well expect and afford to have many of His ways mysterious to us."