Quotes about Tribes

To your tents, O Israel.

Human life is about more than building boundaries, protecting identities, creating tribes, and teaching impulse control.

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers. (1 CHRONICLES 6:19B)

A great deal of power is thus lost in the Church. Fastings and vigils, without a special object in view, are time run to waste. They are made to minister to a sort of self-gratification, instead of being turned to account for the good of others. They are like groaning in sickness. Some people amuse themselves when ill with continuous moaning. The forty days of Lent might be annually spent in visiting adjacent tribes, and bearing unavoidable hunger and thirst with a good grace.