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O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee!

— Thomas Chalmers Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

This character wherewith we sink into the grave at death is the very character wherewith we shall reappear at the resurrection.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

O God, impress upon me the value of time, and give regulation to all my thoughts and to all my movements.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

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