#marion d. shutter

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Memory is the servant of conscience.

Marion D. Shutter, Justice and Mercy (1894) p.148 (Universalist, clergy, theologian)

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Love must have control of and guide justice, even among men. Justice without love is mere brutality.

Marion D. Shutter, Justice and Mercy (1894) p.213 (Universalist, clergy, theologian)

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Character established by long and gradual processes, cannot be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, clergy, theologian) Justice and Mercy (1894) p.143

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The great law of the universe…is not that character, good and bad, equally tend toward permanence, but that goodness tends to permanence; and that evil in the long run must perish.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, theologian, clergy) Justice and Mercy p.38

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There can be no higher motive for any individual or any church than this -- *the world needs help and I can give it*.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, clergy, theologian) Justice and Mercy (1894) p.131

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Justice, in the true sense, is satisfied with the repentance and amendment of the evil-doer. Reformation, righteousness, should be the end.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, clergy, theologian) Justice and Mercy (1894) p.55

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Humanity proves its oneness by its foibles as well as its virtues.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, clergy) Wit and Humor of the Bible

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The Bible is not an instrument of a single string; it gives forth a thousand harmonies. It is attuned to every note in human nature.

Marion D. Shutter (Universalist, clergy) Wit and Humor of the Bible