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In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.

— John Heyl Vincent Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ.

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At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

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The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius.

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