Webster On Immortal Souls

Story★★★★

Are not the words of the great American orator, Daniel Webster, most true? “If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon bronze, time will efface it; if we build temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal souls, if we imbue them with just principles of action, with fear of wrong and love of right, we engrave on those tables something which no time can obliterate, and which will brighten and brighten through all eternity.”

— F. W. Farrar

The point

Daniel Webster contrasts working on marble, bronze, and temples (all temporary) with working on immortal souls through just principles—whose effects brighten eternally.

Scripture

Proverbs 22:6Proverbs 10:72 Timothy 2:2

Audience

Adults

Tone

Inspiring · Convicting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 83 words

Subjects

Teaching Legacy Character Work, Lasting Eternity

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