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Quotations by Authors Aa through Az

6/30/2020

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“At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as special favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean, for nothing can be valueless that is given by the most high God.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“Do not be grieved if you do not enjoy popular favor; grieve rather that you do not live as well and carefully as befits a servant of God.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“Do not be influenced by the importance of the writer, and whether his learning be great or small, but let the love of pure truth draw you to read. Do not inquire, “Who said this?” but pay attention to what is said.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book 1, chapter 4: ‘On Prudence in Action’
 
“Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you, for whether they speak good or ill of you makes no difference to what you are. True peace and joy is to be found in Me alone. He who is neither anxious to please nor afraid to displease men enjoys true peace.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book 3, chapter 28: ‘Against Slander’
 
“For such is the weakness of human nature, alas, that evil is often more readily believed and spoken of another than good. But perfect men do not easily believe every tale that is told them, for they know that man’s nature is prone to evil, and his words to deception.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book 1, chapter 4: ‘On Prudence in Action’
 
“He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.” - Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
 
“I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“If thou shalt remain faithful and zealous in labor, doubt not that God shall be faithful and bountiful in rewarding thee. It is thy duty to have a good hope that thou wilt attain the victory: but thou must not fall into security lest thou become slothful or lifted up.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“In judging others, a man labors in vain; he often errs, and easily falls into sin; but in judging and examining himself, he always labors to good purpose.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
 
“Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many seekers of comfort, but few of tribulation. He findeth many companions of His table, but few of His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him, few are willing to undergo anything for His sake. Many follow Jesus that they may eat of His loaves, but few that they may drink of the cup of His passion. Many are astonished at His miracles, few follow after the shame of His Cross. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities happen to them. Many praise Him and bless Him, so long as they receive any comforts from Him. But if Jesus hide Himself and withdraw a little while, they fall either into complaining or into too great dejection of mind.” -Thomas à Kempis
“Man proposes, but God disposes.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book i, Chapter 19
 
“Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book iii, Chapter 12
 
“Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), book i, chapter 3
 
“Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.” -Thomas à Kempis
 
“What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit thee without the love and grace of God?” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
 
“When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him. Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.” -Thomas a Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
 
“Whoever loves much, does much.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), I, xv
 
Thomas à Kempis was born in 1380. Thomas à Kempis passed on in 1471.
 
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“The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.” -Joseph Addison
 
Joseph Addison was born on 1 May 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England, as the eldest son of Reverend Lancelot Addison. He became an essayist, a dramatist, a poet, a politician, and co-founder with Richard Steele of “The Spectator” (1711 - 1712) magazine. Joseph Addison passed on at 47 years of age on 17 June 1719 in London, England.
 
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“A Christian must not while away time. Get engaged in something.” -Sunday Adelaja
 
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“All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” -Archibald Alexander (1772 - 1851)
 
Archibald Alexander was born in 1772. Archibald Alexander passed on in 1851.
 
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“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” -Charles L. Allen
 
Charles Livingstone Allen was born on 24 June 1913 in Newborn, Georgia, United States of America. He became an ordained minister and a pastor, and held the title Reverend, in the United Methodist denomination of Christianity. Charles Livingstone Allen passed on at 92 years of age on 30 August 2005 in Houston, Texas, United States of America.
 
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“There is little good in filling churches with people who go out exactly the same as they came in; the call of the Church is not to fill churches but to fill Heaven.” -Father Andrew: “The Way of Victory” (1938)
 
Henry Ernest Hardy, also known as Father Andrew, was born on 7 January 1869 in Kasauli, India. He became an Anglican clergyman, a friar, a painter, and a poet. He is known as a co-founder of the Society of Divine Compassion, which worked for the poor in the East End of London, England. Henry Ernest Hardy passed on at 77 years of age on 31 March 1946 in the East End of London, England.
 
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“Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe but I believe that I may understand. For this too I believe that unless I first believe I shall not understand.” -Anselm of Canterbury
 
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“True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.” -Thomas Aquinas
 
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. He became a Roman Catholic Christian priest and friar, a philosopher, and a theologian. Thomas Aquinas passed on in 1274.
 
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“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless and nothing we attempt ever without error and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.” -David Augsburger
 
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“Already I had learned from thee that because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false. A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.” -Augustine of Hippo: “Confessions” (about 397), V, 6
 
“God chooses us, not because we believe, but that we may believe.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“If anyone will piously and soberly consider the sermon which our Lord Jesus spoke on the mount, as we read it in the Gospel according to Matthew, I think that he will find in it, so far as regards the highest morals, a perfect standard of the Christian life: and this we do not rashly venture to promise, but gather it from the very words of the Lord Himself. For the sermon itself is brought to a close in such a way, that it is clear there are in it all the precepts which go to mold the life . . . He has sufficiently indicated, as I think, that these sayings which He uttered on the mount so perfectly guide the life of those who may be willing to live according to them, that they may justly be compared to one building upon a rock.” -Augustine of Hippo: “On the Sermon on the Mount,” as translated by William Findlay (1888), Book I, Chapter. 1
 
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” -Augustine of Hippo: as attributed in George Sweeting: “Who Said That?: More than 2,500 Usable Quotes and Illustrations” (1995)
 
“Love all men, even your enemies; love them, not because they are your brothers, but that they may become your brothers. Thus you will ever burn with fraternal love, both for him who is already your brother and for your enemy, that he may by loving become your brother . . . Even he that does not as yet believe in Christ . . . love him, and love him with fraternal love. He is not yet thy brother, but love him precisely that he may be thy brother.” -Augustine of Hippo: “Sermons,” Sermon 19:2 on the New Testament, page 436
 
“Love the sinner and hate the sin.” [translation to English]
“With love for mankind and hatred of sins [or vices].” [alternate translation to English]
“Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum.” [original Latin]
-Augustine of Hippo: “Opera Omnia,” Vol II. Col. 962, letter 211
 
“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you.” -Augustine of Hippo: “Sermons,” Sermon 19:2 on the New Testament
 
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” -Augustine of Hippo
 
“What is love’s perfection? To love our enemies, and to love them to the end that they may be our brothers.” -Augustine of Hippo: “Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John” (414), ‘First Homily’ (as translated by John Burnaby (1955), page 266)
 
“What, then, does He say? ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.’ We read in Scripture concerning the striving after temporal things, ‘All is vanity and presumption of spirit’; but presumption of spirit means audacity and pride: usually also the proud are said to have great spirits; and rightly, inasmuch as the wind also is called spirit. And hence it is written, ‘Fire, hail, snow, ice, spirit of tempest.’ But, indeed, who does not know that the proud are spoken of as puffed up, as if swelled out with wind? And hence also that expression of the apostle, ‘Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies.’ And the poor in spirit are rightly understood here, as meaning the humble and God-fearing, i.e. those who have not the spirit which puffs up. Nor ought blessedness to begin at any other point whatever, if indeed it is to attain unto the highest wisdom; ‘but the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom’; for, on the other hand also, ‘pride’ is entitled ‘the beginning of all sin.’ Let the proud, therefore, seek after and love the kingdoms of the Earth; but ‘blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” -Augustine of Hippo: “On the Sermon on the Mount,” as translated by William Findlay (1888), Book I, Ch. 1
 
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, was born as Aurelius Augustine on C.E. 13 November 354 in Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria). He became a Christian theologian, a writer, and a bishop of Hippo in Roman Africa (396 - 430). He is known for his works, “The Confessions of Saint Augustine” and “The City of God.” Augustine of Hippo passed on at 75 years of age on C.E. 28 August 430 in Hippo Regius, Numidia (now Annaba, Algeria).
 
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“I have two planks for a bed, two stools, two cups and a basin. On my broken wall is a small card which says, ‘God hath chosen the weak things - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ It is true I have passed through fire.” -Gladys Aylward: as quoted in Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, compilers: “The Lion Christian Quotation Collection” (1997)
 
Gladys Aylward was born in 1902. Gladys Aylward passed on in 1970.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ba through Bz

6/29/2020

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“Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The workshop of character is everyday life. The uneventful and commonplace hour is where the battle is lost or won.” -Maltbie D. Babcock
 
“Life is what we are alive to. It is not length, but breadth. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God, and eternal hopes, it is to be all but dead.” -Maltbie D. Babcock
 
Maltbie Davenport Babcock was born on 3 August 1858 in Syracuse, New York, United States of America. He became a preacher and a writer. He is known as the creator of the hymn, “This is My Father’s World.” Maltbie Davenport Babcock passed on at 42 years of age on 18 May 1901.
 
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“I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded either by an intensely religious man or by the son of a praying father or a praying mother. I have made the statement before the chambers of commerce of all the largest cities of the country and have asked them to bring forward a case that is an exception to this rule. Thus far I have not heard of a single one.” -Roger Ward Babson
 
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“The aim and final reason for all music should be nothing else but the glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit.” -Johann Sebastian Bach
 
Johann Sebastian Bach was baptized on 23 March 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. He became a music composer. Johann Sebastian Bach passed on at ? years of age on 28 July 1750 in Leipzig, Germany.
 
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“Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when were only talking about it.” -Charles F. Banning
 
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“I have devoted my energies to a study of the Scriptures, observing monastic discipline and singing, the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.” -Bede the Venerable
 
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“The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.” -Ezra Taft Benson
 
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“It is my solemn witness that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ. He lives and loves us and desires our happiness always. He died for us not because he had to but because he wanted to. He would die again if it would help us. Through Christ and the Father a plan was laid out which gave purpose and promise to mortal life even though Satan would declare it meaningless and futile.” -Art Berg
 
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“All things are possible to one who believes.” -Bernard of Clairvaux

“Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.” -Bernard of Clairvaux
 
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“It is for the sake of man, not of God, that worship and prayers are required; that man may be made better - that he may be confirmed in a proper sense of his dependent state, and acquire those pious and virtuous dispositions in which his highest improvement consists.” -Hugh Blair
 
Hugh Blair was born in 1718. He was a Scottish religious minister, writer, and rhetorician. He is known for “Sermons,” a five-volume endorsement of practical Christian morality, and “Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres,” a prescriptive guide on composition. Hugh Blair passed on in 1800.
 
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“No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.” -John Sutherland Bonnell
 
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“Young people must learn that none of the exciting and entertaining fun things are worth it if they take you off the path that will lead you back home to your Heavenly Father.” -William R. Bradford
 
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“God has nowhere in the Scripture required any worthiness in the creature before believing in Christ.” -Thomas Brooks
 
Thomas Benton Brooks was born in 1608. Thomas Benton Brooks passed on in 1680.

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“There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage to the Sun.” -Thomas Brown: “Religio Medici” (1870)
 
Thomas Brown was born in 1605. Thomas Brown passed on in 1682.

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Faith is like a pair of glasses I bring here and there with me
The thrilling thing about them is the wondrous things I see.
When life grows dark and dismal I don my magic glasses;
The perspective soon grows fine.
If I slip on this treasure I can toil with greater ease.
Troubles and afflictions at length begin to please;
The world become all rosy and as cheery as can be;
I surely feel most grateful for the faith God gave to me.
Perhaps you once had glasses but by faith no longer live
Friend ask God for his pardon he is kind and will forgive;
O cherish this dear treasure till you meet God up above
Then present faith as an offering with the gifts of hope and love.
-Mary Gemma Brunke (Sister)

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“The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.” -Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant

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“The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It’s for you I created the Universe. I love you. There’s only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you’ll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.” -Frederick Buechner

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“The more accurately we search into the human mind the stronger traces we everywhere find of the wisdom of Him who made it.” -Edmund Burke (1729 -1797)

Edmund Burke was born in 1729. He was an Irish-born British statesman, orator, political theorist, philosopher, and a writer. After moving to England, he served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain. Edmund Burke passed on in 1797.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ca through Cz

6/28/2020

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“We are lonely even in the milling crowds of a city where we may only be recognized as customers for goods and services. Our personalities are weakened and starved by the impersonal life in a city. That is why there is so much wreckage in a city. Our families answer this need to some degree but not completely. And so in the last analysis it is only God who can give us the comfort of utter understanding.” -Lyman V. Cady
 
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In sky and land and river wide
The work of God I see.
-Matilda Watts Cahoon
 
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“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.” -John Calvin
 
John Calvin was born in 1509. He was a French Protestant theologian of the Reformation. John Calvin passed on in 1564.
 
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“I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do great things. I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy. I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men. I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. I was given life that I might enjoy all things . . . I got nothing I asked for but everything I hoped for. Almost despite myself my unspoken prayers were answered. I am among men most richly blessed!” -Roy Campanella
 
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“If God deprives his children of any present blessing, it is so that he may bestow upon them a greater and more glorious one by and by.” -George Q. Cannon
 
George Quayle Cannon was born on 11 January 1827 in Liverpool, England. He became a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George Quayle Cannon passed on at 74 years of age on 12 April 1901 in Monterey, California, United States of America.
 
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“As a symbol of their covenant with God and each other, the Scottish Covenanters began wearing a red collar around their neck. Noting the symbolism, the English began to derisively refer to these religious dissenters as “Rednecks.” Thus, the origin of the term was born in Christian reformation and resistance to religious and political coercion. Due to their religious and political oppression, and eventual defeat, many of Scotland’s Covenanters fled their homeland and came to settle the American South. So it is that the South became the historic home for the Scottish “Rednecks,” who sought to live according to the true teachings of the Bible.” -Wayne Carlson: “In Praise of Redneckism” (19 February 2002)
 
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“If anyone would tell you the shortest surest way to all happiness and perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you, for it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it, you will turn it into a blessing.” -Merlin Carothers
 
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“Being a Christian isn’t for sissies. It takes a real man to live for God - a lot more man than to live for the Devil.” -Johnny Cash
 
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“Christians neutralized into inactivity will be spectators of their country’s free fall to collapse.” -John W. Chalfant: “Abandonment Theology” (1996)
 
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“The brightest crowns that are worn in Heaven have been tried and smelted and polished and glorified through the furnaces of tribulation.” -Edwin Hubbel Chapin
 
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“Anything that dims my vision for Christ or takes away my taste for Bible study or cramps me in my prayer life or makes Christian work difficult is wrong for me; and I must as a Christian turn away from it.” -J. Wilbur Chapman
 
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“This mortal probation is a brief period, just a short span linking the eternity of the past with the eternity of the future. Yet it was to be a period of tremendous importance. It is in fact the most vital period of our entire eternal existence. In this mortal state, we come face to face with innumerable temptations and pressures. Sometimes we come in contact with advocates of wrongdoing, disobedience, and sin. Lucifer is going about tempting those who can be tempted to see if he can lead them astray.” -Elray L. Christiansen
 
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“I hear no one boast that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.” -John Chrysostom
 
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“Our Christian civilization as well as our political democracy has developed through the inspiration of a high faith in man, the common man. He is the sovereign of the State not because he is always wise but because he and his fellow-citizens are the State.” -Franklin P. Cole
 
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“God hides some ideal in every human soul. At some time in our life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing. Life finds its noblest spring of excellence in this hidden impulse to do our best.” -Robert Collyer
 
Robert Collyer was born on 29 January 1824 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. He became a blacksmith and a Methodist minister. He emigrated to the United States of America in 1850. In 1859, he became a Unitarian clergyman, and in 1903 he became pastor emeritus. Robert Collyer passed on at 66 years of age on 30 November 1912 in New York, United States of America.

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“Faith gives the courage to live and do. Scientists, with their disciplined thinking, like others need a basis for the good life, for aspiration, for courage, to do great deeds. They need a faith to live by. The hope of the world lies in those who have such faith and who use the methods of science to make their visions become real. Visions and hope and faith are not part of science. They are beyond the nature that science knows. Of such is the religion that gives meaning to life.” -Arthur H. Compton

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God moves in a mysterious way
     His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea
     And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
     Of never failing skill
He treasures up his bright designs
     And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take
     The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
     In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense
     But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
     He hides a smiling face.
-William Cowper: hymn

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“There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid.” -Frederick W. Cropp

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“How we observe the Sabbath indicates our feelings toward our Father in Heaven.” -LeGrand R. Curtis

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Quotations by Authors Da through Dz

6/27/2020

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“Never think that Gods delays are Gods denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.” -George Louis Leclerc de Buffon
 
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“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there; in her fertile fields and boundless prairies; and it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast commerce, and it was not there. Not until I visited the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
 
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“Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our callings that we may sleep in Thy peace and wake in Thy glory.” -John Donne
 
John Donne (jŏn dŭn) was born in about June 1572 in England. He was married to Ann More in 1601. He became a soldier, a courtier, a poet, a satirist, and a dean of Saint Paul’s. He was a Catholic priest who later converted to the Anglican faith. He is known as the author of “Divine Poems” (1607) and “A Hymn to God the Father” (1623). He was the most outstanding of the English metaphysical poets and a spellbinding preacher in the Anglican Church. John Donne passed on at about 58 years of age on 31 March 1631.
 
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“Lord make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.” -W. E. B. du Bois
 
William Edward Burghardt du Bois, also known as W. E. B. Du Bois, was born in 1868. He was an American sociologist, historian, writer, and editor. He became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University. William Edward Burghardt ‘W. E. B.’ du Bois passed on in 1963.
 
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“We have been promised a safe arrival, but not a smooth voyage.” -Henry Dubanville
 
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Stand up! stand up for Jesus
Ye soldiers of the Cross.
-George Duffield
 
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Quotations by Authors Ea through Ez

6/26/2020

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He who owns a garden
     However small it be
Whose hands have planted in it
     Flower or bush or tree;
He who watches patiently
     The growth from nurtured sod
Who thrills at newly opened bloom
     Is very close to God.
-Katherine Edelman
 
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My God, My Father, While I Stray
 
My God, my Father, while I stray
     Far from my home, on life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
     Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
What though in lonely grief I sigh
     For friends beloved, no longer nigh,
Submissive still would I reply,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
If Thou shoulds’t call me to resign
     What most I prize, it ne’er was mine:
I only yield Thee what is Thine;
      “Thy will be done!”
 
Should pining sickness waste away
     My life in premature decay,
My Father still I strive to say,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
Let but my fainting heart be blest
     With Thy sweet Spirit for its Guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest;
      “Thy will be done!”
 
Renew my will from day to day;
     Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
Then, when on earth I breathe no more
     The prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I’ll sing upon a happier shore,
      “Thy will be done!”
 
by Charlotte Elliott: as published in Harriett Kiernan, compiler and Charlotte Elliott, editor: “The Invalid’s Hymn Book” (1834); William B. Bradbury composed music for the lyrics (1849)
 
“Thy will be done.” -Jesus Christ: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Matthew,’ chapter 6, verse 10
 
Charlotte Elliott was born on 18 March 1789. At 30 years of age she was an invalid. She became a hymnwriter and an editor. Charlotte Elliott passed on at 82 years of age on 22 September 1871.
 
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Childhood
 
To be Himself a star most bright
     To bring the wise men to His sight,
To be Himself a voice most sweet
     To call the shepherds to His feet,
To be a child - it was His will,
     That folk like us might find Him still.
 
by John Erskine
 
“Faith, without trouble or fighting, is a suspicious faith; for true faith is a fighting, wrestling faith.” -Ralph Erskine
 
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“. . . true religion was never a narrow thing. True religion concerns man and the entire Universe in which he lives. It concerns his relationships with himself and his fellow men with his environment and with God his creator. It is therefore limitless and as boundless as that eternity which it teaches lies ahead of every son of God . . . Here is the spirit of true religion an honest seeking after knowledge of all things of Heaven and Earth.” -Henry Eyring

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Quotations by Authors Fa through Fz

6/25/2020

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“Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning.” -Frederick William Faber
 
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
 
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“We visited your temple an inspired work of God! And felt that he was with us as through the grounds we trod. We can’t explain the feeling that swept from head to toe With the organ softly playing when at last we turned to go; But we knew that in his heaven God has planned a wondrous sight We had a glimpse of heaven when we visited last night!” -Alice M. Fellinger
 
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“By entertaining of strange persons, men sometimes entertain angels unawares: but by entertaining of strange doctrines, many have entertained devils unaware.” -John Flavel
 
John Flavel was born in 1627. He was an English Presbyterian clergyman. John Flavel passed on in 1691.
 
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“Bishop William Quayle, awake at night, fruitlessly worrying, heard God say to him, ‘Quayle, you go to bed; I’ll sit up the rest of the night.’ Whimsically put, that experience symbolizes a matter of major importance in the cure of anxious souls.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
 
“Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: as quoted in Parker B. Brown: “He Came from Galilee” (1974)
 
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a Protestant Christian minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.” -Emmet Fox (1886 - 1951)
 
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
 
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“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.” -Francis of Assisi
 
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.” -Francis of Assisi
 
“O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be understood, as to understand.” -Francis of Assisi
 
Francis of Assisi was born as as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone on 26 September 1181 in Assisi, Umbria. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on at 45 years of age on 3 October 1226 in Assisi, Italy. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
 
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“On the day of reckoning I doubt we will be judged by what certificates we have on the wall, but rather what scars incurred in battle for humanity.” -T. C. Fry
 
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“He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.” -Thomas Fuller

They that worship God merely from fear
Would worship the devil too if he appear.
-Thomas Fuller
 
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608 in Northamptonshire, England. He became a preacher, a historian, and a writer. Thomas Fuller passed on at about 53 years of age on 16 August 1661.
 
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“But the thing I’ve really never understood about atheists is why try to find fault with a religion based mainly on treating others the way you’d like to be treated?” -Benjamin Furleigh: as quoted in the “Mason City Globe Gazette” (13 January 1997)
 
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Quotations by Authors Ga through Gz

6/24/2020

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“Faith is positive enriching life in the here and now. Doubt is negative, robbing life of glow and meaning. So though I do not understand immortality, I choose to believe.” -Webb B. Garrison
 
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“I don’t always kneel when I pray. My prayers fly heavenward all day long, while I bake or drive or comfort. I mean no disrespect, Heavenly Father, I just need him constantly while the work of woman goes on.” -Helen Lee Goates
 
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“I awaken in the morning with confidence, rejoicing in whatever work is given to me to do. Whatever that work is, I do it, not in order to earn a living or in a sense of performing an onerous duty; but, with joy and gladness, I let it unfold as the activity of God’s expression through me.” -Joel S. Goldsmith
 
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“Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” -Billy Graham
 
“Every day I turn to the Bible to give me strength and wisdom for the day and hope for the future.” -Billy Graham (William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior (1918 - 2018))
 
“If I didn’t have spiritual faith, I would be a pessimist. But I’m an optimist. I’ve read the last page in the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.” -Billy Graham
 
We’ve always needed God from the very beginning of this nation but today we need Him especially. We’re facing a new kind of enemy. We’re involved in a new kind of warfare and we need the help of the Spirit of God. The Bible’s words are our hope. -Billy Graham, Speech, “National Day of Prayer and Remembrance” (14 September 2001)
 
William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior was born on 7 November 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America. He became an American Christian evangelist. William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior passed on in 2018. Website: www.billygraham.org.
 
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“I know of nothing that I feel is of so great value in life as to be obedient to the counsel and advice of the Lord and of His servants in this our day.” -Heber J. Grant
 
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“It is true, Christian, the debt thou owest to God must be paid in good and lawful money, but, for thy comfort, here Christ is thy paymaster.” -William Gurnall
 
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Quotations by Authors Ha through Hz

6/23/2020

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“The Savior desires to save us from our inadequacies as well as our sins. Inadequacy is not the same as being sinful; we have far more control over the choice to sin than we may have over our innate capacity . . . A sense of falling short or falling down is not only natural, but essential, to the mortal experience. Still, after all we can do, the Atonement can fill that which is empty, straighten our bent parts, and make strong that which is weak.” -Bruce C. Hafen
 
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“As stewards of God we must be truly appreciative of the things we receive. One has said that ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge which is only returning evil for evil while ingratitude returns evil for good. You remember that of the ten lepers healed by Christ only one returned to give thanks. A beautiful legend tells the story of two angels that were sent forth throughout the land each given a basket one to gather up requests and the other thanksgivings. The angel of requests came back with her basket running over full. The angel of thanksgivings came back with her basket practically empty. So it is in life. It seems that all have requests to make but few of us think to return and give thanks.” -Heber Q. Hale
 
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“I like people who see life not as a burden to be borne, but as an adventure to be faced with gaiety and spirit. God gave us the grace of laughter, why shouldn’t we use it?” -Susan Hayward
 
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“The Lord knows us for what we are and eventually everyone else does too.” -Lorraine Henriod
 
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“All this, and Heaven too!” -Philip Henry: as quoted in Matthew Henry: “The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry” (J. B. Williams, editor (1825)), page 70
 
Philip Henry was born in 1631. Philip Henry passed on in 1696.
 
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“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.” -Audrey Hepburn
 
Audrey Hepburn-Ruston was born on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She became a British actress, dancer, and model. Audrey Hepburn-Ruston passed on at 63 years of age on 20 January 1993 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
 
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“God helps them who help themselves.” -George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum” (1651)
 
George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 at Montgomery Castle in Wales. He became an Anglican priest, a theologian, a religious poet, and an orator. George Herbert passed on at 39 years of age on 1 March 1633 in Bemerton, Wiltshire, England.
 
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“Young man, be honest; train yourself for useful work; love God.” -Milton S. Hershey
 
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“If as a people we will build and sustain one another, the Lord will bless us with the strength to weather every storm and continue to move forward through every adversity.” -Gordon B. Hinckley: as quoted in “Ensign” (May 1982) magazine, page 46
 
“You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord; then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
 
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910. He became a writer and the longest presiding President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, from 12 March 1995 until his passing. Gordon Bitner Hinckley passed on at 97 years of age on 27 January 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“Wealth is not of necessity a curse nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for Christian charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust.” -Raymond Hitchcock
 
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“God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.” -J. G. Holland
 
Josiah Gilbert Holland, also known by the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb, was born on 24 July 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a doctor, but left the medical field to be a novelist, an essayist, and a poet. He was a co-founder in 1870 with Roswell Smith, and editor, of “Scribner’s Monthly” magazine. He wrote the lyrics to the Methodist hymn, “There’s a Song in the Air.” He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb. Josiah Gilbert Holland passed on at 62 years of age on 12 October 1881 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“I can’t believe that God put us on this Earth to be ordinary.” -Lou Holtz
 
Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz was born on 6 January 1937 in Follansbee, West Virginia, United States of America. He is a football player, a coach, a writer, and a motivational speaker.
 
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“What we need in America today is a vigorous return to the God of our fathers and a most vigorous defense against the minion of godlessness and atheism.” -J. Edgar Hoover
 
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“Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things but above all the power of going out of one’s own self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.” -Thomas Hughes
 
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“Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” -Victor Hugo
 
“Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of Heaven.” -Victor Hugo
 
Victor Marie Hugo was born on 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France. He became a visual artist, a romantic poet, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, and a statesman. He is known for his novels, “Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1831; originally published as “Notre-Dame de Paris”) and “Les Misérables” (1862). His volumes of poetry include “Les Contemplations” and “La Légende des siècles.” Victor Marie Hugo passed on at 83 years of age on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France.
 
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“The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.” -Howard W. Hunter
 
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Quotations by Authors Ia through Iz

6/22/2020

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“I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humor.” -William R. Inge
 
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.” -William R. Inge
 
“Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.” -William R. Inge
 
“When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, ‘My dear, we live in an age of transition.’” -William R. Inge
 
William Ralph Inge was born on 6 June 1860 in Crayke, Yorkshire, England. He was a brother of Charles Cuthbert Inge. He became an Anglican priest (Church of England), professor of divinity at Cambridge University, the Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London (1911 - 1934) where he became known as Dean Inge, and writer of more than 35 books. William Ralph Inge passed on at 93 years of age on 26 February 1954 in Wallingford, England.
 
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“I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.” -Jean Ingelow
 
Jean Ingelow was born in 1820. Jean Ingelow passed on in 1897.
 
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“The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful warm living object looked so fragile so delicate that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man has to make a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God.” -James Irwin
 
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A heavenly place is where I will find my Father
A heavenly place is where I am destined to go when I die
A heavenly place will have festivities like singing and dancing
A heavenly place will give a warm welcome to those who come
A heavenly place is not difficult to find if you know Jesus Christ!
-Janae Ivie

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Quotations by Authors Ja through Jz

6/21/2020

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“The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions.” -Elaine L. Jack
 
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“Just before bedtime prayers evaluate each day. Make plans for tomorrow that will move you toward your long-range goal. Strive for a close partnership with God in making your dreams come true.” -Florence S. Jacobsen

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Not for the mighty world. O Lord, tonight,
     Nations and kingdoms in their fearful might -
Let me be glad the kettle gently sings,
     Let me be grateful for little things.
-Edna Jaques
 
Edna Jaques was born on 17 January 1891 in Collingwood, Canada. She became a lecturer, a writer, and a poet. Edna Jaques passed on at 87 years of age on 13 September 1978 in Willowdale, Toronto, Canada.
 
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“The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labor, the love, and every aid that his knowledge of his craft, experience of the conditions of his place, and exercise of his personal wit can work together to suggest, that so surely will God give the increase. Then with the honestly-earned success comes the consciousness of encouragement to renewed effort, and, as it were, an echo of the gracious words, ‘Well done my good and faithful servant’.” -Gertrude Jekyll: “Wood and Garden” (1899)
 
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“Praise shall conclude that work which prayer began.” -William Jenkyn
 
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“Kids today learn a lot about getting to the Moon, but very little about getting to Heaven.” -David Jeremiah
 
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“Be always employed about some rational thing, that the devil find thee not idle.” -Jerome
 
Jerome was born as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus in about C.E. 347 in on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in Stridon, Dalmatia. In C.E. 365, he was baptized and converted to Catholicism. At this time, he began his study of theology and the Hebrew language. Jerome then lived for many years as a hermit in the desert of Syria, where he continued his studies. He is known for his translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin, known as the “Latin Vulgate.” Eventually, Jerome returned to the east, where he passed on at about 73 years of age on 30 September 420, and rests under the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Church of England (Anglican Communion). Saint Jerome’s Day is on 30 September of each year.
 
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 “Walk while ye have the light lest darkness come upon you.” -John

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“But we are rich only as we are grateful to the Lord; and too often measure our own blessings as compared with what other possess.” -Benjamin F. Johnson
 
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“God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?” -Samuel Johnson
 
Samuel Johnson, also known as Doctor Johnson, was born in 1709. His father owned a bookshop in Lichfield. He was married to Elizabeth Porter in 1735. He became an essayist, an aphorist, a poet, a biographer, an editor, a lexicographer, and a literary critic. He is known as the creator of the, “Dictionary of the English Language.” Samuel Johnson passed on in 1784 and rests in Westminster Abbey.
 
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“I could not say that I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God. ” -C. G. Jung

Carl Gustav Jung, also known as C. G. Jung, was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, Thurgau, Switzerland. He became a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist, and a writer. He founded analytical psychology and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. Carl Gustav Jung passed on at 85 years of age on 6 June 1961 in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ka through Kz

6/20/2020

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“God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.” -Franz Kafka
 
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“Difficulties are just God’s errands.  If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence.  Therefore, let us be glad, be happy, for it is a way of being wise.” -Ardeth G. Kapp
 
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“The will of a wealthy New York woman in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children left them the following advice: Love one another. Hold fast to that whether you understand one another or not and remember nothing really matters except being kind to one another in the name of Christ and to all the world as far as you can reach.” -James Keller
 
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“Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him all creatures here below! Praise Him above ye heavenly host! Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost!” -Thomas Ken
 
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“God gave His children memory that in life’s garden there might be June roses in December.” -G. A. Studdert Kennedy: “Roses in December” (similar quotation attributed to James Matthew Barrie)
 
“We have taught our people to use prayer too much as a means of comfort, not in the original and heroic sense of uplifting, inspiring, strengthening, but in the more modern and baser sense of soothing sorrow, dulling pain, and drying tears, the comfort of the cushion not the comfort of the Cross.” -G. A. Studdert Kennedy
 
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, also known as G. A. Studdert Kennedy, was born in 1883. Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy passed on in 1929.
 
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“I pray that we will treat each and every one of our Heavenly Father’s children lovingly tenderly and individually as He would have us treat them. I also pray that we will always be mindful of the power each one of us has to make a difference and to influence the world in which we live.” -W. Rolfe Kerr
 
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“Church is for sinners.” -Eli Khamarov: “The Old Working Model”
 
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“God created out of nothing - wonderful you say: yes to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.” -Søren Kierkegaard (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)): “Journal” (7 July 1838)
 
“Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle again.” -Søren Kierkegaard
 
“Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.” -Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
 
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was born on 5 May 1813 in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark. He was a philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard passed on at 42 years of age on 11 November 1855 in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark.
 
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“Many people spend most of their time working in the service of a self-image that includes sufficient money, stocks, bonds, investment portfolios, property, credit cards, furnishings, automobiles, and the like to guarantee carnal security throughout, it is hoped, a long and happy life. Forgotten is the fact that our assignment is to use these many resources in our families and quorums to build up the kingdom of God - to further the missionary effort and the genealogical and temple work; to raise our children up as fruitful servants unto the Lord; to bless others in every way, that they may also be fruitful. Instead, we expend these blessings on our own desires.” -Spencer W. Kimball
 
“One good but mistaken man I know claimed he could get more out of a good book on Sunday than he could get in attending church services, saying that the sermons were hardly up to his standards. But we do not go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It is an individual responsibility, and regardless of what is said from the pulpit, if one wishes to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth, he may do so by attending his meetings, partaking of the sacrament, and contemplating the beauties of the gospel. If the service is a failure to you, you have failed. No one can worship for you; you must do your own waiting upon the Lord.” -Spencer W. Kimball
 
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“Offer daily to be of use to the Lord.” -Kate L. Kirkham (12 April 1994)
 
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“I can say the Lord’s prayer in ten seconds.” -Evel Knieval
 
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“One man with God is always a majority.” -attributed to John Knox: inscription on the Reformation Monument in Geneva, Switzerland
 
John Knox was born in about 1513 in Giffordgate, Haddington, Scotland. He was a Christian Protestant religious leader, a minister, a theologian and a writer. John Knox passed on at about 59 years of age on 24 November 1572 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 
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“One of the sages of the Talmud taught nearly 200 years ago that God could have created a plant that would grow loaves of bread. Instead He created wheat for us to mill and bake into bread. Why? So that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.” -Harold Kushner
 
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Quotations by Authors La through Lz

6/19/2020

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“God doesn’t have to put His name on a label in the corner of a meadow because nobody else makes meadows.” -Cecil Laird
 
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“The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, respect time.” -Johann Kaspar Lavater
 
Johann Kaspar Lavater was born in 1741. He was a Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and the founder of physiognomics. Johann Kaspar Lavater passed on in 1801.
 
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“There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.” -William Law
 
William Law was born in 1686. William Law passed on in 1761.
 
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“Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs because politics is a ‘dirty business,’ but the same people are generally quite happy to go into business life, which is in its way just as ‘dirty.’ If the dubious practices and moral compromises of every walk of life were dissected and made known with the glare of publicity which shines on the activities of politicians, then those who like to think that they can keep their hands clean would have very few professions to choose from.” -John Lawrence: “Hard Facts” (1958)
 
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“Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.” -Georges-Louis Leclerc: as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 444
 
Georges-Louis Leclerc was born on 7 September 1707 in Montbard, Burgundy, France. He was a naturalist. Georges-Louis Leclerc passed on at 80 years of age on 16 April 1788 in Paris, France.
 
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“It is a union with a Higher Good by love, that alone is endless perfection. The only sufficient object for man must be something that adds to and perfects his nature, to which he must be united in love; somewhat higher than himself, yea, the highest of all, the Father of spirits. That alone completes a spirit and blesses it, - to love Him, the spring of spirits.” -Robert Leighton: as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 449
 
 “The Sum is: 1. Remember always the presence of God. 2. Rejoice always in the will of God. And 3. Direct all to the glory of God.” -Robert Leighton
 
Robert Leighton was born in 1611 in London, England. He became a prelate, a bishop, and an archbishop. Robert Leighton passed on at about 83 years of age on 25 June 1684 in London, England.
 
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“That God once loved a garden we learn in Holy writ. And seeing gardens in the Spring, I well can credit it.” -Winifred Mary Letts
 
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“Among the many strange servilities mistaken for pieties one of the least lovely is that which hopes to flatter God by despising the world and vilifying human nature.” -George Henry Lewes
 
George Henry Lewes was born in 1817. He was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was a consort of Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pseudonym George Eliot. George Henry Lewes passed on in 1878.
 
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I realize I had to learn . . . to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this Earth . . . and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results. -Jeremy Lin
 
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“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Beauty is God’s hand-writing - a way-side sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him, the fountain of all loveliness, and drink it in, simply and earnestly, with all your eyes; it is a charmed draught, a cup of blessing.” -Parson Lot (pseudonym of Charles Kingsley): ‘The National Gallery’ published in “Politics for the People” (6 May 1848), page 5
 
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“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.” -Max Lucado
 
Max Lucado was born on 11 January 1955 in San Angelo, Texas, United States of America. He is a Christian writer and a preacher at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. Website www.MaxLucado.com.
 
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“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees, and flowers, and clouds, and stars.” -Martin Luther
 
“I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.” -Martin Luther
 
“It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.” -Martin Luther
 
“Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.” -Martin Luther
 
“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in words alone, but in every leaf in Springtime.” -Martin Luther
 
Martin Luther was born on 10 November 1483. He was a German theologian and leader of the Reformation movement. He began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, and his followers soon split from the Roman Catholic Church to begin the Protestant tradition. This led to the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the Protestant denominations. Martin Luther passed on at 62 years of age on 18 February 1546.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ma through Mz

6/18/2020

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“How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us not upon the rocks but into the desired haven.” -George MacDonald
 
“You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read.”-John MacArthur
 
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“Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games, or pop psychology. It is an act of the faith in the God of grace.” -Brennan Manning
 
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“Here in our land and in other lands many have been drifting toward a religion which says much about rights but little about duties; a religion which thinks only about humanity and little about God; which lays great stress on service but little stress on faith; which puts all the emphasis on man and his power and very little on God and His power.” -William Thomas Manning
 
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“Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus.” -Neal A. Maxwell
 
“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability!” -Neal A. Maxwell: ‘It’s Service, not Status, That Counts,’ in “Ensign” (July 1975) magazine, page 7 (similar quotation attributed to Mary Kay Ash)
 
Neal Ash Maxwell was born on 6 July 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. He became a soldier in World War 2, a religious missionary, a college professor, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Neal Ash Maxwell passed on at 78 years of age on 21 July 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
 
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“The happiest sweetest tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow but those which have been overshadowed with grief and where Christs comfort was accepted. The very memory of the sorrow is a gentle benediction that broods ever over the household like the silence that comes after prayer. There is a blessing sent from God in every burden of sorrow.” -James Russell Miller

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“We speak much of tolerance as if it were the great virtue but it does not go far enough. Who wants to be tolerated just to be put up with? Jesus did not say, “Tolerate your neighbor,” but instead He said, “Love your neighbors.” Each person wants to be loved and appreciated and enjoyed for what he is and for what he can do for his friends and his neighbors.” -Caroline Eyring Miner

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“Dedicated workers are a necessary part of establishing the Lords Kingdom on earth.” -Earl M. Monson

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“Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God’s eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.” -Alfred Armand Montapert

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“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” -Thomas Moore
 
“Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.” -Thomas Moore
 
“We work with the stuff of the soul by means of the things of life.” -Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was born on 28 May 1779 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Elizabeth ‘Bessy’ Dyke in 1811. He became a novelist, a biographer, a poet, a songwriter, a singer, and an entertainer. He is known for his “Irish Melodies” (1807). Thomas Moore passed on at 72 years of age on 25 February 1852 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England.
 
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“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” -Thomas Morell
 
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“The older we get and the longer we labor in the Church the more there is that we can do. There is no need for any person in this Church to have an empty hand or an empty heart.” -George Q. Morris
 
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“To do the will of God from the heart in times of prosperity is the only way to bear this will from the heart in times of suffering.” -Andrew Murray
 
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Quotations by Authors Na through Nz

6/17/2020

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“Is the leadership of the worldwide church in the hands of men and women who know how to lead others one by one to Jesus Christ? We are so concerned with planning and administration that there is a danger lest we allow these things to serve as an excuse for not doing the one thing on which all else depends.” -Stephen C. Neill
 
“Our friends are the people whom we choose, usually friends are the same sort of people as ourselves. My neighbor is the man whom I do not choose; he is the man whom God gives me. He is the man who happens to live in the house next to mine; he is the man who happens to sit opposite to me on the train; he is the clerk who works at the desk next to mine. I have no right to say that he is no concern of mine, because, if I am a Christian, I know that he is the man whom God has given to me.” -Stephen C. Neill
 
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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
     That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
     Was blind, but now I see.
 
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
     I have already come:
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
     And grace will lead me home.
-John Newton: “Amazing Grace”
 
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“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.” -Chester W. Nimitz
 
Chester William Nimitz was born in 1885. He was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. Chester William Nimitz passed on in 1966.
 
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“What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.” -Louis Nizer
 
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God wrote His loveliest poem on the day
     He made the first silver poplar tree,
And set it high upon a pale-gold hill
     For all the new enchanted Earth to see.
-Grace Noll
 
Grace Noll, also known as Grace Noll Crowell and Mrs. Norman H. Crowell, was born in 1877. Grace Noll passed on in 1969.
 
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Quotations by Authors Oa through Oz

6/16/2020

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“I submit that religious values and political realities are so inter-linked in the origin and perpetuation of this nation that we cannot lose the influence of religion in our public life without seriously jeopardizing our freedoms.” -Dallin H. Oaks: Religious Liberty’s Canterbury Medal, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Statement
 
“Pray that you will have good and correct attitudes about all your experiences - be they good or bad.” -Dallin H. Oaks
 
“When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the Lord, the obstacles before us are never as great as the power behind us. We should reach out and climb. Handholds will only be found by hands that are outstretched. Footholds are only for feet that are on the move.” -Dallin H. Oaks: ‘Reach Out and Climb!’ published in “New Era” (August 1985)
 
Dallin Harris Oaks was born on 12 August 1932 in Provo, Utah, United States of America. He became a lawyer, a courtroom judge, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 
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“If you don’t like the content on the Internet, bring your shining light to make sure others will find something of value. Caring and connectivity go together, and with this God-given capability you can no longer claim powerlessness to change the world.” -Frank Odasz
 
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“The indulgence of one sin opens the door to further sins. The indulgence of one sin diverts the soul from the use of those means by which all other sins should be resisted.” -John Owen
 
“Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.” -John Owen
 
John Owen was born in 1616. John Owen passed on in 1683.
 
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Quotations by Authors Pa through Pz

6/15/2020

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“The New Testament word for repentance means changing one’s mind so that one’s views, values, goals, and ways are changed and one’s whole life is lived differently. The change is radical, both inwardly and outwardly; mind and judgment, will and affections, behavior and lifestyle, motives and purposes, are all involved. Repenting means starting a new life.” -J. I. Packer: “Concise Theology,” page 162
 
James I. Packer was born in 1926
 
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Yield not to temptation for yielding is sin:
Each victory will help you some other to win.
-H. R. Palmer
 
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“A living faith is always on trial; we call it faith for that reason. When I read in some alarmist book that the Christian faith is now on trial, or ‘at the crossroads,’ my impulse is to answer, ‘Why not?’ Does anybody know a time when the Christian faith was not on trial, or when the Christian life was a simple walkover, with neither principalities nor powers to dispute its advance?” -J. Edgar Park
 
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“Everywhere I find the signature the autograph of God and he will never deny his own handwriting. God has set his tabernacle in the dewdrop as surely as in the sun. No man can any more create the smallest flower than he could create the greatest world.” -Joseph Parker
 
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“Let us wager the gain and the loss is wagering that God is. Let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
 
“Nature has perfections, in order to show that she is the image of God; and defects, to show that she is only his image.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
 
Blaise Pascal was born in 1623. He was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, moralist, and a Christian theologian. Blaise Pascal passed on in 1662.
 
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“Dear Lord who made the face of me not all that I would have it be not really homely only plain but strong and patient in the main. Yet one a man apart who found me fair and gave his heart. Now Lord that I have grown more sage . . . into middle age. I only ask as face grows lines of countenance it be described as kind; that wrinkles by my eyes will show a little humor as I go; that I may view my humble scene with glance of one content serene through grateful shining eyes that see the blessings you have given me.” -Ruth Perry
 
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“I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women, but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible.” -William Lyon Phelps
 
William Lyon Phelps was born on 2 January 1865 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America. He was an American educator and journalist. William Lyon Phelps passed on at 78 years of age on 21 August 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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“Following the way of Jesus Christ and doing all we can for His cause and for our fellow men expresses something of our worship in action. But how to give Him a present to express our love is a bit of a problem. How can you give God anything when He owns everything? But does He? How about that power to choose that precious free will that He has given to every living personality and which He so greatly respects? That is the only present we can give our selves with all our powers of spirit mind and body willingly freely given because we love Him. That is the best and highest worship that you and I can offer and I am sure that it is this above all that God most highly appreciates.” -J. B. Phillips
 
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“Christianity is a battle, not a dream.” -Wendell Phillips
 
“One, on God’s side, is a majority.” -Wendell Phillips: “Harper’s Ferry” (1 November 1859) lecture in Brooklyn, New York
 
Wendell Phillips was born on 29 November 1811 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He was a lawyer and an orator (public speaker). He opened a law practice in 1834 in Boston. Wendell Phillips passed on in 1884.
 
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For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind’s delight,
for the mystic harmony,
linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
-Folliat S. Pierpoint: “For the Beauty of the Earth” (1864)
 
Note: Hymn based on Ephesians, chapter 5, verse 20. For complete lyrics, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Beauty_of_the_Earth.
 
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint was born on 7 October 1835 in Spa Villa, Bath, England. He became a hymnwriter, a hymnodist, and a poet. Folliott Sandford Pierpoint passed on at 81 years of age on 10 March 1917 in Newport, Wales.
 
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“Do not fear the challenges of life but approach them patiently with faith in God. He will reward your faith with power not only to endure but also to overcome hardships disappointments trials and struggles of daily living. Through diligently striving to live the law of God and with faith in Him we will not be diverted from our eternal course.” -Rex D. Pinegar
 
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“Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.” -Max Planck
 
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“Faith, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the human race; whose continuing mission is to trust God in all areas and not waver, to seek out new insights from His Word, and to boldly offer Salvation to all who’ll listen.” -Graham Pockett: parody of Gene Roddenberry’s introduction to the “Star Trek” television series
 
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“An honest man’s the noblest work of God.” -Alexander Pope
 
Alexander Pope was born in 1688. He was lame from birth. He became an English satirist and poet who wrote in heroic couplet forms and satirical verses. He is known for his translation of “Homer” into English. Alexander Pope passed away on 30 May 1744.
 
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“What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.” -Eleanor Powell
 
Eleanor Torrey Powell was born on 21 November 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America. She was married (1943 - 1959) to Glenn Ford. She was a film actress and dancer of the 1930’s and 1940’s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing. Eleanor Powell passed on at 69 years of age on 11 February 1982 in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America.
 
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“Happiest are they who mix prayer and toil, until God answers the one and rewards the other.” -Irenaeus Prime
 
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Quotations by Authors Qa through Qz

6/14/2020

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“If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the soul, fasting cleanses both.” -Francis Quarles: as quoted in Charles Baldwyn: “Enchyridion” (1822)
 
Francis Quarles was born in 1592. He was an English poet. Francis Quarles passed on in 1644.
 
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Quotations by Authors Ra through Rz

6/13/2020

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“I started to believe in God when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I was simply puzzled by what my school teachers told me. They repeated to us many times that God did not exist. And I wondered who it was that did not exist with such power that people couldn’t stop talking about him. It was useless to ask my teachers about it because I already knew what their answer would be. And it was useless to ask my parents because they always avoided the topic. So I thought this was some dangerous secret and I decided to find out for myself who this God is . . . It wasn’t God’s power that interested me. I was just a small girl and everyone around me was more powerful than me and could punish me . . . I learnt that God was kind and that he loves me. This is something I desperately needed.” -Irina Ratushinskaya, Ukrainian poet
 
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“If you are worshipping false gods, such as football, baseball, tennis, or money, or technology, or automobiles, or houses, or gold, or silver - and you can tell what a man worships by what he does on Sunday - repent, and start worshipping the true and living God, the maker of Heaven and Earth and all things that in them are.” -Hartman Rector, Junior
 
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“It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the same people who consistently oppose freedom. They want only one God - the state, which of course they intend to run.” -Charley Reese: “Jefferson Speaks” (29 November 2002)
 
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“If men and nations did reach up to God with all their hearts war would cease. If love of God were in the heart of man a man would have no desire to destroy his brother. There would be no dishonesty if the love of God were in the heart. If God came first in his life a man would love his neighbor as himself and instead of taking from him he would feel to give.” -Rex C. Reeve, Senior
 
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“Success is recognizing where our talents gifts and attributes come from, then always giving the Lord the credit. In this way it is possible to stay humble and successful at the same time. Success and glory (as the world understands it) is very addicting but for someone whose satisfaction comes from doing the Lord’s will the true understanding of success is comprehended. As John Taylor so beautifully stated (July 7 1878), ‘We are here as Jesus was here, not to do our own will, but the will of Him who sent us.’ The most successful experience in life is to find out His will for our individual lives and do it Thus fulfilling the measure of our personal creation.” -Rose Marie Reid
 
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“Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about.” -Agnes Repplier
 
“What the world asks now are state reforms and social reforms, - in other words, the reformation of our neighbors. What the Gospel asks, and has always asked, is the reformation of ourselves . . . Mr. [G. K.] Chesterton spoke but the truth when he said that Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and not tried.” -Agnes Repplier: in “Consolations of the Conservative” (December 1919)
 
Agnes Repplier was born on 1 April 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an essayist. Agnes Repplier passed on at 92 years of age on 15 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
 
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In everything both great and small
We see the Hand of God in all.
-Helen Steiner Rice
 
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“Thanks be to thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which Thou hast given us; for all the pains and insults which Thou hast borne for us. O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may we know thee more clearly, love Thee more dearly, and follow Thee more nearly; For Thine own sake . . .” -Richard of Chichester (1197 - 1253)
 
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“Bear ye one another’s burdens, the Lord said, and he was talking law.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 54
 
Mary Caroline Richards was born in 1916. She was an American teacher, poet, and potter. Mary Caroline Richards passed on in 1999.
 
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“I give to my friends the assurance that if they will recast their ideas and attitudes about the relative importance of the spiritual to the material and bring themselves to participate in the mighty cause of establishing Gods kingdom in the Earth they will find a satisfaction a sureness of purpose a peace and contentment surpassing anything they have ever known. They will not be ashamed to say to themselves and to their fellows that God and his work come first. When they can develop the faith and the courage to make this acknowledgment self-sufficiency and egotism will be replaced by humility of spirit. The brotherhood of man will become real to them. Their service will be ennobled and they will lay the foundation for the attainment of the highest rewards and blessings vouchsafed to humanity.” -Stephen L. Richards
 
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“God always gives us strength enough, and sense enough, for every thing that He wants us to do . . .” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
 
“When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonored both . . . Our God is a house-hold God, as well as a heavenly one; He has an altar in every man’s dwelling.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” (1908)
 
John Ruskin was born in 1819 in London, England. He became an art critic, a social critic, a poet, an essayist, a draftsman, a watercolorist, a patron of the arts, and a philanthropist. He is known for his detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation. He organized the Society of Friends of Living Creatures to prevent cruelty to animals. John Ruskin passed on in 1900.
 
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All over the world at the end of day
Heav’nly Father’s children kneel down and pray . . .
Our Heavenly Father hears them;
He understands each tongue.
Our Heav’nly Father knows them;
He loves them loves them ev’ry one. 
-Peggy Hill Ryskamp
 
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Quotations by Authors Sa through Sz

6/12/2020

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“As we strive to better understand how Jesus sees us and contemplate our own attempts to live as the Redeemer would have us live let us remember his instructing observations and their universal applications in literally all that we do: If ye love me keep my commandments. (John 14:15) and Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me. (Matt. 25:40).” -Cecil O. Samuelson, Junior
 
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“It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.” -Dorothy Sayers
 
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born in 1893. She was an English writer of detective fiction, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. Dorothy Leigh Sayers passed on in 1957.
 
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“It follows from [Samuel] Rutherford’s thesis that citizens have a moral obligation to resist unjust and tyrannical government. While we must always be subject to the office of the magistrate, we are not to be subject to the man in that office who commands that which is contrary to the Bible. Rutherford suggested that there are three appropriate levels of resistance: First, he must defend himself by protest (in contemporary society this would most often be by legal action); second, he must flee if at all possible; and third, he may use force, if necessary, to defend himself. One should not employ force if he may save himself by flight; nor should one employ flight if he can save himself and defend himself by protest and the employment of constitutional means of redress. Rutherford illustrated this pattern of resistance from the life of David [fleeing from King Saul] as it is recorded in the Old Testament. The civil government, as all life, stands under the law of God . . . when any [political] office commands that which is contrary to the Word of God, those who hold that office abrogate their authority and they are not be obeyed. Justice is based on God’s written Law, back through the New Testament to Moses’ written Law; and the content and authority of that written Law is rooted back to Him who is the final reality. Thus, neither church nor state were equal to, let alone above, that Law. The base for Law is not divided, and no one has the right to place anything, including king, state or church, above the contents of God’s Law.” -Francis August Schaeffer: his Christian Manifesto
 
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“We find freedom when we find God; we lose it when we lose Him.” -Paul Scherer
 
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“By making choices consistent with eternal truth, you will develop righteous character.” -Richard G. Scott
 
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“The most learned, acute, and diligent student cannot, in the longest life, obtain an entire knowledge of this one volume. The more deeply he works the mine, the richer and more abundant he finds the ore; new light continually beams from this source of heavenly knowledge, to direct the conduct, and illustrate the work of God and the ways of men; and he will at last leave the world confessing that the more he studied the Scriptures, the fuller conviction he had of his own ignorance, and of their inestimable value.” -Walter Scott (Sir)
 
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“A Jew knows that anti-Semitism is not due to Christianity, because he knows that his people were persecuted before the advent of Christianity.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “Love One Another” (1944)
 
“The modern atheist is always angered when he hears anything said about God and religion. He would be incapable of such a resentment if God were only a myth.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “Peace of Soul” (1954)
 
“We do not have to fear atomic bombs; but we do have to fear godless men.” -Fulton J. Sheen: “Thoughts For Daily Living” (1955)
 
Fulton John Sheen was born as Peter John Sheen on 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States of America. He was an American bishop in the Catholic Church, known for his preaching and his work on television and radio. Fulton John Sheen passed on at 84 years of age on 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“What would Jesus do?” -Charles Monroe Sheldon
 
Charles Monroe Sheldon was born in 1857. He was an American minister in the Congregational Churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement. His novel, “In His Steps,” introduced the principle of, “What Would Jesus Do?” Charles Monroe Sheldon passed on in 1946.
 
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The Moon of Mahomet
Arose and it shall set;
While blazoned as on Heaven’s immortal Noon
The Cross leads generations on.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
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“The rise of statism in our time is the natural result of the longing of godless unchurched people for some kind of protection. When we lose to God we turn to what looks like the next most powerful thing which is the state. How bad a choice that is let Germany and Russia in recent years testify.” -Samuel M. Shoemaker
 
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“God helps those who help themselves.” -Algernon Sidney: “Discourses on Government” (1698), Chapter 2
 
Algernon Sidney was born in 1622. He was an English politician. Algernon Sidney passed on in 1683.
 
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“God sends burdens, and shoulders, too.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Gimpel the Fool” (1957)
 
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born as Izaak Zynger on 21 November 1902 in Leoncin, Congress Poland. He was a Polish-American novelist. Isaac Bashevis Singer passed on at 88 years of age on 24 July 1991 in Surfside, Florida, United States of America.
 
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“Empires built on force will always be destroyed. Those built on trust in Christ will remain.” -Joseph R. Sizoo
 
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“Glorious the song, when God’s the theme.” -Christopher Smart
 
Christopher Smart was born in 1722. Christopher Smart passed on in 1771.
 
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“One merit of mathematics few will deny: it says more in fewer words than any other science. The formula e^iπ = -1 expressed a world of thought of truth of poetry and of the religious spirit God eternally geometrizes.” -David Eugene Smith
 
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“Much of the sorrow and distress that is afflicting . . . mankind is traceable to the fact that they have ignored (God’s) admonition to keep the Sabbath day holy.” -Pres. George Albert Smith, CR October 1935, page 120; as quoted by Elder Ear. C. Tingey, CR April, 1996, page 13
 
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“Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God’s promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.” -Hannah Whitall Smith: letter
 
Hannah Whitall Smith was born in 1832. Hannah Whitall Smith passed on in 1911.
 
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“I am as my Creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I.” -Minnie Smith
 
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“If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in that which is small. If you cannot do great things for Him, cheerfully do little ones. If you cannot be an Aaron to serve at the altar, or a Moses to guide the tribes, consent to be “a little maid” to Naaman the Syrian, for the honor of God’s prophets, or a little child, for Christ’s sake, to be set by Him in the midst of the people, as an illustration of the sweetness of humility.” -Samuel Francis Smith: as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 123
 
Our fathers’ God, to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee I sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!
-Samuel Francis Smith: “America,” as quoted in “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” (1919)
 
Samuel Francis Smith was born in 1808. Samuel Francis Smith passed on in 1895.
 
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“The clergy are allowed about twenty-six hours every year for the instruction of their fellow creatures.” -Sydney Smith
 
Sydney Smith was born in 1771 in Woodford, Essex, England. He became a wit, an essayist, and an Anglican clergyman. In 1802, he cofounded, “The Edinburgh Review.” Sydney Smith passed on in 1845.
 
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“Among us I am happy to say old age is honorable and regarded as a blessing from the Lord. It is our duty to desire to live long upon the earth that we may do as much good as we possibly can. I esteem it a great privilege to have the opportunity of living in mortality. The Lord has sent us here for a wise and glorious purpose and it should be our business to find out what that purpose is and then to order our lives accordingly.” -Lorenzo Snow
 
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“Julia Ward Howe was talking to a distinguished senator. She asked him to interest himself in the case of a person who needed help. The senator answered, ‘Julia, I have become so busy, I can no longer concern myself with individuals.’ She replied, ‘That’s remarkable. Even God hasn’t reached that stage yet.’” -Ralph W. Sockman
 
“The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.” -Ralph W. Sockman
 
Ralph Washington Sockman was born on 1 October 1889 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Zellah Endly. He became a senior pastor of United Methodist Christ Church in New York City and a radio personality (1928 - 1962). Ralph Washington Sockman passed on at 80 years of age on 29 August 1970 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
 
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“Some have staggered over the doctrine of eternal punishment, because they could not see how that could be consistent with God’s goodness. I have only one question to ask concerning that: Does God reveal it in the Scriptures? Then believe it, and leave to him the vindication of his own consistency. If we do not see it to be so, it will be nonetheless so because we are blind.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon: “Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit” (1903), Volume 49
 
“The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
 
“The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! The divine service is not a thing of a few hours and a few places but all life becomes holiness unto the Lord and every place and thing as consecrated as the tabernacle and its golden candlestick.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
 
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, also known as C. H. Spurgeon, was born in 1834. He was an English Baptist Christian preacher. Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed on in 1892.
 
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“The reason we fear to go out after dark is not that we may be set upon by bands of evangelicals and forced to read the New Testament, but that we may be set upon by gangs of feral young people who have been taught that nothing is superior to their own needs or feelings.” -David C. Stolinsky: “American: A Christian Country,” published in the “New Oxford Review” (July - August 1994)
 
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“Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament, without note or comment, be read and taught as divine revelation in the college ? . . . Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?” -Joseph Story: Vidal versus Girard’s Executors (1844)
 
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“Good conduct arises out of good doctrine. It is only when we have grasped clearly who we are in Christ, that the desire will grow within us to live a life that is worthy of our calling and fitting to our character as God’s new society.” -John R. W. Stott
 
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“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
 
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was born on 14 June 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and a sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was married to Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. She became a novelist and a philanthropist. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels and travel memoirs, as well as collections of articles and letters. She is perhaps best known for her novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852). Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe passed on at 85 years of age on 1 July 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America.
 
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He paints the lily of the field
     Perfumes each lily bell.
If he so loves the little flowers
     I know he loves me well.
-Maria Straus
 
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“The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music is as well, or better, able to praise Him than the building of a church and all its decoration; it is the Church’s greatest ornament.” -Igor Stravinsky
 
Igor Stravinsky was born in 1882. Igor Stravinsky passed on in 1971.
 
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“A Christian old age is the best thing in the world.” -Sidney Strong (Reverend)
 
“A good old age becomes mellow and ripe. There is less of irritability more of contentment. Children are a joy to a good old age. God is nearer.” -Sidney Strong (Reverend)
 
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“Fellow-graduates: duty bids us go forth into active life. Let us go cheerfully, hopefully, and earnestly, and set ourselves to find our especial part. When we have found it, willingly and faithfully perform it; for every obstacle we overcome, every success we achieve tends to bring man closer to God and make life more as He would have it.” -Anne Sullivan (June 1886), valedictorian speech to graduating class of Perkins School for the Blind, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
 
Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan was born on 14 April 1866 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became known as a lifelong aid to Helen Adams Keller. Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ Sullivan passed on at 70 years of age on 20 October 1936 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States of America.
 
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“The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; he gives it away to us all.” -David Swing
 
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6/11/2020

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“God hath given to man a short time here upon Earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.” -Jeremy Taylor: “Holy Living” (1650)
 
“No sin is small. It is against an infinite God, and may have consequences ummeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch.” -Jeremy Taylor
 
Jeremy Taylor was born in 1613. Jeremy Taylor passed on in 1667.
 
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“Our feelings towards the world of mankind generally ought to be the same as Jesus manifested to them. He sought to promote their welfare and our motto ought ever to be the same as his was Peace on Earth and good will to men: no matter who they are or what they are we should week to promote the happiness and welfare of all Adam’s race.” -John Taylor
 
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“Regardless of how your life will impact others and what that will look like, I just know that when your identity is grounded in God, when you trust in Him, you become part of a bigger picture. And you begin to live out this wonderful poem He has written for your life. This is the truth when life is smooth sailing, and this is the truth when storms come.” -Tim Tebow: “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms”
 
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“Always be joyful. That is the only truly saintly state.” -Teresa of Ávila
 
“The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.” -Teresa of Ávila
 
Teresa of Ávila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She became a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Ávila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain.
 
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“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
“True holiness consists in doing God’s work with a smile.” -Teresa of Calcutta
 
“What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.” -Teresa of Calcutta: “A Gift for God” (1 August 1975), ‘Carriers of Christ’s Love’
 
Teresa of Calcutta was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on 26 August 1910 in Üksüb, a town in the Ottoman Empire’s province of Kosovo Vilayet (present day Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia). She became known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta when she undertook a religious mission to India, where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation serving the poor in 133 countries. Teresa of Calcutta passed on at 87 years of age on 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
 
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“Jesus did not say, ‘You are the honey of the world.’ He said, ‘You are the salt of the Earth.’ Salt bites, and the unadulterated message of the judgement and grace of God has always been a biting thing.” -Helmut Thielicke
 
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“One day we will meet beside the river and our Lord will dry every tear. For now, we must live in the joy of that promise and recall that for every generation Life is hard, but God is faithful.” -Bodie Thoene
 
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You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
 
Thomas à Kempis, meaning Thomas of Kempen, was born in about 1379 in Kempen, Prince-Archbishopric of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire. He became a German Christian monk, theologian, scribe, and ascetical writer. He is known for his work, “The Imitation of Christ” (about 1418). Thomas à Kempis passed on at about 91 years of age on 25 July 1471 in Zwolle, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire.
 
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“The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.” -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
 
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, was born on 9 September 1828. He was a Russian novelist. He is known as the author of “War and Peace” (1869). Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, passed on at 82 years of age on 20 November 1910.

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“We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the Earth. But if they are large enough to vex and endanger our welfare they are large enough to touch His heart of love. For love does not measure by a merchants scales not with a surveyor’s chain. It hath a delicacy . . . unknown in any handling of material substance.” -R. A. Torrey
 
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“God’s will is in God’s Word.” -Ron Tottingham
 
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“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.” -A. W. Tozer
 
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A. W. Tozer
 
Aiden Wilson Tozer, also known as A. W. Tozer, was born in 1897 in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an American Christian pastor, writer, and magazine editor. Aiden Wilson Tozer passed on in 1963.
 
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I’m sure you’ve noticed that Jesus came into a world that was dominated by an oppressive government, saturated with slavery, and disadvantaged economically for much of the population. Yet, He did not seek to alter man’s political, social, or economic status. Why not? Simply put, the externals in life will never change much. It is forever true that one, “born of woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). Jesus told the truth when He noted, “the poor you have with you always” (John 12:8). So He came to change what was in the hearts of men and women.” -Don Truex: “Did Jesus Come to Solve Poverty?”
 
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Quotations by Authors Ua through Uz

6/10/2020

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“Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.” -Evelyn Underhill
 
“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.” -Evelyn Underhill
 
“The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him.” -Evelyn Underhill: “The School of Charity” (1934)
 
Evelyn Underhill was born in 1875. Evelyn Underhill passed on in 1941.
 
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Quotations by Authors Va through Vz

6/9/2020

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“Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of Earth is toil.” -Henry van Dyke
 
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“Be merry, really merry. The life of a true Christian should be a perpetual jubilee, a prelude to the festivals of eternity.” -Theophane Venard
 
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“Everything science has taught me and continues to teach me strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.” -Wernher von Braun
 
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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany. He became a scientist, a poet, a novelist, a dramatist (playwright), a natural philosopher, and a diplomat. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of meters and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and color; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe passed on at 82 years of age on 22 March 1832 in Weimar, Weimarer Stadtkreis, Thüringen, Germany.
 
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“Between God and me there is no between.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
 
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“Cheerfulness: A state of mind free from gloom or dejection. It is the duty of every Christian, by faith in the goodness, power, and love of God, to cultivate a cheerful frame of mind, even though this may be difficult by reason of afflictions.” -J. G. Vos
 
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Quotations by Authors Wa through Wz

6/8/2020

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“Commitment always is costly. When we give ourselves to anything, we are commanded by it. At the same time, that to which we give ourselves becomes the vehicle that gives meaning to our lives. Music commanded Beethoven, but music became the vehicle that carried him to greatness. Art commanded Michelangelo, but his paintings became the vehicle that brought achievement. Christ commanded St. Francis of Assisi, but Christ became the vehicle that carried St. Francis to sainthood.” -Harold Blake Walker
 
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“Anyone can love peace but Jesus didn’t say, “Blessed are the peace-lovers.” He says ‘peacemakers.’ He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.” -Jim Wall
 
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“Dare to dream dare to try dare to fail dare to succeed.” -G. Kingsley Ward
 
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“When the church is unified and the Lord is glorified, then the saints will be edified, sinners will be sanctified, and the devil will be terrified.” -Anthony Warner
 
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“The longer I live the more highly do I estimate the Christian Sabbath and the more grateful do I feel to those who impress its importance on the community.” -Daniel Webster
 
“Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.” -Daniel Webster
 
Daniel Webster was born in 1782. He was an American orator and politician. Daniel Webster passed on in 1852.
 
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“The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His Apostles . . . This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government.” -Noah Webster
 
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“I look upon the world as my parish.” -John Wesley
 
“If God be with you, who can be against you?” -John Wesley: letter to William Wilberforce (20 February 1791)
 
John Wesley was born on 28 June 1703 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. He became a preacher and a theologian, and served in both the Anglican and Methodist Churches. With his brother Charles, he founded the Methodist movement in the Church of England. He formed religious societies in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, appointed itinerant and unordained preachers to evangelize, and brought more people to the church. John Wesley passed on at 87 years of age on 2 March 1791 in London, England.
 
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“I am filled to overflowing with the love Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father have for me and you and the whole world. He blesses us daily as he blessed the little children with a love that gives me strength to go forth with assurance that he will guide me.” -Ruth B. White
 
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“Go to bed seasonably, and rise early. Redeem your precious time: pick up the fragments of it, that not one moment of it may be lost. Be much in secret prayer. Converse less with man, and more with God.” -George Whitefield
 
George Whitefield was born in 1714. George Whitefield passed on in 1770.
 
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“Every creature on Earth is a divine creation.” -A. D. Williams
 
“Our life on Earth is just a fragment of our journey.” -A. D. Williams
 
“What would you think if all your thoughts reached Heaven?” -A. D. Williams
 
Anthony Douglas Williams was born in Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and magazine editor. Before beginning to research and write his book, “Inside the Divine Pattern,” Anthony was in the film industry. He opened his own family film distribution company in the early 90’s, as he was against the increasing violence in mainstream films.
 
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“I love to be in the company of people who are willing to make a sacrifice to hear the word of the Lord.” -Elizabeth Gunn Witkowski
 
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“There is a marvelous story of a man who once stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. ‘Dear God,’ he cried out, ‘look at all the suffering, the anguish, and distress in your world. Why don’t you send help?’ God responded, ‘I did send help. I sent you.’ When we tell our children that story, we must tell them that each one of them was sent to help repair the broken world, and that it is not the task of an instant or of a year, but of a lifetime.” -David J. Wolpe
 
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“I am filled to overflowing with the love Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father have for me and you and the whole world. He blesses us daily as he blessed the little children with a love that gives me strength to go forth with assurance that he will guide me.” -Ruth B. Wright
 
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“The Christian Sunday should be a festival gathering up all the life of the week and offering it to God in worship and then spending the day in a way which most truly promotes joy and happiness and refreshment for oneself and for other people.” -Olive Wyon
 
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Quotations by Authors Xa through Zz

6/7/2020

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“For me happiness came from prayer to a kindly God, faith in a kindly God, love for my fellow man, and doing the very best I could every day of my life. I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating warm glow of happiness, and life for me began to flow like a stream between smooth banks.” -Andrew Young

There is a happy land
     Far far away
Where Saints in glory stand
     Bright, bright as day.
-Andrew Young

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Quotations by Authors Unknown

6/6/2020

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“Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault with one another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.” -Author Unknown: “Doctrines and Covenants,” chapter 88, verse 124
 
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“Don’t tell God how big your problems are . . . tell your problems how big your God is.” -Author Unknown
 
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Each day I pray,
God give me strength anew
To do the tasks
I do not wish to do;
To yield obedience
never asking why
To love and own the truth
and scorn the lie;
To look the cold world
bravely in the eye.
-Author Unknown
 
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“Go your way in peace. Be of good courage. Hold fast to that which is good; render no man evil for evil, Strengthen the faint hearted, support the weak, help and cheer the sick, honor all men, love and serve the Lord; and may the blessings of God be upon you and remain with you forever.” -Author Unknown
 
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“How wonderful, O Lord, are the works of your hands, the sun and the stars, the valleys and the hills, the rivers and lakes all disclose your presence. The beasts of the field, the birds of the air bespeak your wondrous will. In your goodness you have made us able to hear the music of the world, a divine voice sings through all creations.” -Author Unknown
 
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I asked God for strength, that I might achieve
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey . . .
I asked for health, that I might do greater things
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things . . .
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise . . .
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men
 I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God . . .
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life
I was given life that I might enjoy all things . . .
I got nothing I asked for - but everything I hoped for.
Almost despite myself my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among men, most richly blessed!
-Author Unknown
 
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I opened the old, old Bible,
And looked at a page of Psalms,
Till the wintry sea of my troubles
Was soothed as by summer calms;
For the words that have helped so many;
And the ages have made more dear,
Seemed new in their power to comfort,
As they brought me their word of cheer.
-Author Unknown
 
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I will not wish thee riches, nor the glow of greatness,
but that wherever thou go some weary heart shall gladden at thy smile,
or shadowed life know sunshine for a while.
And so thy path shall be a track of light,
like angels’ footsteps passing through the night.
-Author Unknown: words on a church wall in Upwaltham, England
 
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“In the cathedral at Lubek Germany near the turn of the century was the following inscription: Ye call me master and obey me not; Ye call me light and seek me not; Ye call me way and walk me not; Ye call me wise and follow me not; Ye call me fair and love me not; Ye call me rich and ask me not; Ye call me eternal and seek me not; Ye call me gracious and trust me not; Ye call me noble and serve me not; Ye call me mighty and honor me not; Ye call me just and fear me not; If I condemn you blame me not.” -Author Unknown
 
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Just to be tender, just to be true,
Just to be glad, the whole day through,
Just to be merciful, just to be mild,
Just to be gentle, and kind, and sweet,
Just to be helpful with willing feet,
Just to be cheerful when things go wrong,
Just to drive sadness away with a song,
Whether the hour is dark or bright;
Just to be loyal to God and right,
Just to believe that God knows best,
Just in his promises ever to rest -
Just to let love be our daily key,
That is God’s will for you and me.
-Author Unknown
 
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“May the Lord be as welcome in your world, as you are in His.” -Author Unknown
 
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“Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich.” -Author Unknown: “Book of Mormon,” ‘Doctrines and Covenants,’ Section 6, verse 7
 
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Someday you will see the light.
But for now just put your trust in Him:
Walk by faith, not by sight.
-Author Unknown
 
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“Sometimes I look up, smile, and say, “I know that was you God! Thanks!” -Author Unknown
 
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The Difference
 
I got up early one morning,
     and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
     that I didn’t have time to pray.
 
Problems just jumbled about me,
     and heavier came each task.
‘Why doesn’t God help me?’ I wondered.
     He answered, ‘You didn’t ask.’
 
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
     but the day toiled on, gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
     He said, ‘But you didn’t seek.’
 
I tried to come into God’s presence;
     I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
      ‘My child, you didn’t knock.’
 
I woke up early this morning,
     and paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
     that I had to take time to pray.
 
by Author Unknown
 
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“The distinction between Christianity and all other systems of religion consists largely in this, that in these others men are found seeking after God, while Christianity is God seeking after men.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The Lord gives us a plan to follow. It is outlined in His commandments. And all those commandments are designed to build stability within us. We are not to excuse our failures and weaknesses: We are not to say we are made the way we are, and thereby justify our sins. The Lord expects us to rise above our weakness, become strong, and pattern ourselves after Him.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown
 
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“The race is not always to the swift - but to those who keep on running.” -Author Unknown: derived from the “The Bible,” ‘Book of Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 9, verse 11: “I returned, and saw under the Sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
 
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‘The road is too rough, dear Lord,’ I cried, ‘There are stones that hurt me so.’ ‘My child,’ He said, ‘I understand, I walked it long ago.’ ‘But there’s a cool green path ahead, Let me walk there for a time.’ ‘No child,’ He gently answered me, ‘The green road does not climb.’ ‘My burden,’ I cried, ‘is far too great. How can I bear this load?’ ‘Dear One,’ said He, ‘I remember its weight—I carried my cross, you know.’ ‘But,’ I said, ‘I wish there were friends with me, that would make their way my own.’ ‘Oh yes,’ He said, ‘Gethsemane was hard to bear alone.’ And so I climbed the stony path, Content at least to know That where the Master had not gone, I would not have to go. And strangely then I found new friends, My burdens grew less sore, As I remembered long ago He walked that way before.

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“When we place our contribution in the collection plate, we are not giving to the Lord; we are just taking our hands off that which belongs to Him.” -Author Unknown

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Whence Comes This Rush of Wings? Whence comes this rush of wings afar Following straight the Noel star? Birds from the woods in wondrous flight Bethlehem seek this Holy Night. Tell us ye birds why come ye here Into this stable poor and drear? Hast’ning we seek the new-loom King And all our sweetest music bring. Hark! how the greenfinch bears his part Philomel too with tender heart Chants from her leafy dark retreat Re mi fa sol in accents sweet. Angels and shepherds birds of the sky Come where the Son of God cloth lie; Christ on earth with man cloth dwell Join in the shout Noel Noel!
-Author Unknown: traditional
 
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