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Bring your ignorance to the Holy Spirit, the great teacher, who by His precious truth will lead you into all truth.

— William Paton Mackay Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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The law showed what man ought to be. Christ showed what man is, and what God is.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Stand up from among the dead, and patiently work as one waiting for the judgment-seat of Christ.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Take the lost sinner's place, and claim the lost sinner's Saviour.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

One look outward to Jesus and you are saved; not a look inward to a feeling that can give nothing but despair to the conscientious soul.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Resist is the word applied to the unconverted. Grieve is that applied to the individual Christian. Quench is that which has reference to the saints when gathered together waiting on the Spirit.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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