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Are we silent to Jesus? Think! Have you nothing to ask Him? Nothing to thank Him for? Nothing to praise Him for? Nothing to confess? Oh, poor soul, go back to Bethlehem — to Gethsemane, to Calvary, and remember at what a cost the vail before the Holies was rent in twain that thou mightest enter it.

— Anna Shipton Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Fellowship with Jesus lies not alone in pleasurable emotions; you must learn it in suffering and in service.

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I have never committed the least matter to Him that I have not had reason for endless praise.

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The disciple whom Jesus loved leaned on His bosom. Dear friend, where are you?

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