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Affliction of itself does not sanctify any body, but the reverse. I believe in sanctified afflictions, but not in sanctifying afflictions.

— Charles Spurgeon

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The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

Faith's Checkbook (1888)

Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything.

The Salt-Cellars (1885)

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

The Salt-Cellars (1885)

A child of God should be a visible Beatitude, for joy and happiness, and a living Doxology, for gratitude and adoration.

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