Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.

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Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.

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Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to raise his soul from earth to heaven.

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I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

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Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

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The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.

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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.

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It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

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Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to run, when God has sent him.

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This is the case with thousands: they appear desirous of knowing the truth, but have not patience to wait in a proper way to receive an answer to their question.

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