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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.

— 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.

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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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When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self-indulgence, God " stirs up our nests;" and bids us fly upward.

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