Josiah Strong

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization... It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#elsewhere #greater #poor #poorer #poverty

There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#christ #church #destroy #here #influence

We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#already #although #begun #development #england

What if it should be God's plan to people the world with better and finer material? ↗

— Josiah Strong

#finer #god #material #people #plan