I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

