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The most heaven-like spots I have ever visited, have been certain rooms in which Christ's disciples were awaiting the summons of death. So far from being a "house of mourning," I have often found such a house to be a vestibule of glory.

— Theodore L. Cuyler Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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In heaven, knowledge shall be commensurate with the enlarged powers of the glorified soul.

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Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.

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Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

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Wise is that Christian parent who begins every morning with the word of God and fervent prayer.

You never will be saved by works; but let us tell you most solemnly that you never will be saved without works.

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