6 Quotes & Sayings By Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1834–1909) was a prolific American author, professor, and editor. He studied at the University of Tennessee and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a professor of English literature. His career progressed from college instructor to newspaper editor to newspaper proprietor and finally public official in Washington, D.C., where he served as a member of Congress. A prolific writer, Professor Lightfoot summed up his philosophies in several books on political and social issues Read more

In writing on Christianity he became an advocate of fundamentalism and a critic of liberal Christianity.

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Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure. Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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The success and the failure are not my concern, but His. Joseph Barber Lightfoot