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The joys of heaven are not the joys of passive contemplation, of dreamy remembrance, of perfect repose; but they are described thus: "They rest not day nor night." "His servants serve Him, and see His face."

— Alexander Maclaren

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The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God.

Be sure that your soul is never so intensely alive as when in the deepest abnegation it waits hushed before God.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

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The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds.

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If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether.

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