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God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished?

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart.

Thus, my beloved friends, shall the revolutions and kingdoms of this world be brought to a conclusion for ever.

On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.

What a consolation will it be to the just, to have the secrets of their hearts finally revealed!

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