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Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,
The fire of love supplies;
While that which often bears the name,
Is self in a disguise. True zeal is merciful and mild,
Can pity and forbear;
The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,
And breathes revenge and war.

— John Newton Olney Hymns (1779)

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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.

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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.

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

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