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God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them when faith presents them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book.

— 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.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

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I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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