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By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes his glory to pass before the soul that seeks him, you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort, than by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios.

— John Newton

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There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.

Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav'd a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

Olney Hymns (1779)

Then let us earnest be,
And never faint in prayer;
He loves our importunity,
And makes our cause His care.

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