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The very heart and root of sin is in an independent spirit. We erect the idol self; and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves.

— Richard Cecil Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.

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The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.

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