Freedom of Speech by Norman Rockwell

The Angelus by Millet

"Say! I could not tell what to say at first. Yea, he put me so to it, that my blood came up in my face; even this shame fetched it up, and had almost beat me quite off. but at last I began to consider, That that which is highly esteemed among Men, is had in abomination with God. And I thought again, this shame tells me what men are; but it tells me nothing what God or the word of God is. And I thought moreover, that at the day of doom we shall not be doomed to death or life, according to the wisdom and law of the highest. Therefore, I thought, what God says, is best, though all the men in the world are against it: seeing then that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience;seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven, are, wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ , is richer than the greatest man in the world..."

(from "Pilgrim's Progress" ByJohn Bunyan, copyright 1936).

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The Prodigal Son by Rembrandt