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The vendors of flowers in the streets of London are wont to commend them to customers by crying: "All a blowing and a growing." It would be no small praise to Christians if we could say as much for them.

— Charles Spurgeon Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

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Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything.

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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

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A child of God should be a visible Beatitude, for joy and happiness, and a living Doxology, for gratitude and adoration.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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