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Be an observer of providence; for God is showing you ever, by the way in which He leads you, whither He means to lead. Study your trials, your talents, the world's wants, and stand ready to serve God now, in whatever He brings to your hand.

— Horace Bushnell Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Jesus is the true manifestation of God, and He is manifested to be the regenerating power of a divine life.

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Christ wants to lead men by their love, their personal love to Him, and the confidence of His personal love to them.

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Live as with God; and, whatever be your calling, pray for the gift that will perfectly qualify you in it.

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A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience.

There never has been a great and beautiful character, which has not become so by filling well the ordinary and smaller offices appointed of God.

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