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> [When we are engaged in His work we are very close to Christ. We are expending our anxiety and affections on the same objects on which His heart is set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stalker/when-we-are-engaged-in-his-work-we-are-very-close-to-christ-we-are/)

[James Stalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stalker/)

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> [We must not close with Christ because we feel Him, but because God lias said it, and we must take God's word even in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/we-must-not-close-with-christ-because-we-feel-him-but-because-god/)

[Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/)

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