Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber Cong. Orat.was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic priesthood. His best-known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Though he was a Roman Catholic writing for fellow Catholics at that point, many of his hymns today are sung by Protestant congregations...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth28 June 1814
converted hence men religious speaking
If I may use such a word when I am speaking of religious subjects, it is by voice and words that men 'mesmerize' each other. Hence it is that the world is converted by the voice of the preacher.
temptation victory resistance
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
kindness men self
Kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable and not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying and yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.
motivational opportunity long
Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.
holiness
Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.
time littles fagots
Every hour comes with some little fagot of God's will fastened upon its back.
kind persons
Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.
disloyalty
For right is right, since God is God.
kindness charity world
Kind words are the music of the world.
rocks talent buried
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
love-is world growing
The world is growing old;Who would not be at rest and freeWhere love is never cold?
hymns sea oratory
There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.
fire long fuel
Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.