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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There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.

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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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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

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But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required.

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They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

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To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

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The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.

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