"The defects of a preacher are soon spied."
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"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer."
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"Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The judge of mankind doth appear On clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds; the graves restore, The dead which they contained before; Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!"
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"Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt...people."
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"Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you""
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"Music is the 5th gospel."
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"Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools."
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"The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day."
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"When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance."
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"The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart"
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"Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object."
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"Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God."
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"It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ."
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"One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!"
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"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen."
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"This letter [to the Romans] is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well worth a Christian's while not only to memorize it word for word but also to occupy himself with it daily, as though it were the daily bread of the soul. It is impossible to read or to meditate on this letter too much or too well. The more one deals with it, the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes."
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"For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel."
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"Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat."
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"Reason is the enemy of faith."
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"To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing."
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