O, let us understand that the power of Christianity lies no… - Herrick Johnson

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O, let us understand that the power of Christianity lies not in a hazy indefiniteness, not in shadowy forms, not so much even in definite truths and doctrines, but in the truth and the doctrine. There is but one Christ crucified. All the gathered might of the infinite God is in that word.

Herrick Johnson

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Herrick Johnson (September 21, 1832 – November 20, 1913) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and author.

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