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The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint


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You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.



There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.



It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.



Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.



If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.



We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.



May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.



Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.



Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.



The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.





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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

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When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.

When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.




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