If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy.
Frederic FarrarAlthough a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins.
Frederic FarrarIf ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.
Frederic FarrarIt appears to be uncertain whether the journey of Mary with her husband was obligatory or voluntary. . . . Women were liable to a capitation tax, if this enrolment also involved taxation. But, apart from any legal necessity, it may easily be imagined that at such a moment Mary would desire not to be left alone. The cruel suspicion of which she had been the subject, and which had almost led to the breaking off of her betrothal (Matt. 1: 19) would make her cling all the more to the protection of her husband.
Frederic Farrar