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In all our noble Anglo-Saxon language, there is scarcely a nobler word than worth; yet this term has now almost exclusively a pecuniary meaning. So that if you ask what a man is worth, nobody ever thinks of telling you what he is, but what he has. The answer will never refer to his merits, his virtues, but always to his possessions. He is worth — so much money.

— Richard Fuller

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Any pleasure which takes and keeps the heart from God is sinful, and unless forsaken, will be fatal to the soul.

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Men and brethren, a simple trust in God is the most essential ingredient in moral sublimity of character.

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O, for a living faith in a living Redeemer!

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