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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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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