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> [There is a power in the soul, quite separate from the intellect, which sweeps away or recognizes the marvelous, by which God is felt. Faith stands serenely far above the reach of the atheism of science. It does not rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/there-is-a-power-in-the-soul-quite-separate-from-the-intellect-which/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

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## More by Frederick William Robertson

> [Women and God are the two rocks on which a man must either anchor or be wrecked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/women-and-god-are-the-two-rocks-on-which-a-man-must-either-anchor-or/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/by-experience-by-a-sense-of-human-frailty-by-a-perception-of-the-soul/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-men-in-earnest-and-that-which/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/never-does-a-man-know-the-force-that-is-in-him-till-some-mighty/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earnest-there-is-no-failure-no/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [Now see what a Christian is, drawn by the hand of Christ. He is a man on whose clear and open brow God has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/now-see-what-a-christian-is-drawn-by-the-hand-of-christ-he-is-a-man/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/what-we-mean-by-sentimentalism-is-that-state-in-which-a-man-speaks/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/however-dark-and-profitless-however-painful-and-weary-existence-may/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/no-man-ever-progressed-to-greatness-and-goodness-but-through-great/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/the-man-whom-society-will-not-forgive-nor-restore-is-driven-into/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [God's highest gifts--talent, beauty, feeling, imagination, power--they carry with them the possibility of the highest heaven and the lowest hell. Be sure that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/god-s-highest-gifts-talent-beauty-feeling-imagination-power-they/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [There is a mighty gulf between those who love and those who do not love God To the one class we owe civility, courtesy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/there-is-a-mighty-gulf-between-those-who-love-and-those-who-do-not/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [Through ages, through eternity, what you have done for Christ, that, and only that, you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/through-ages-through-eternity-what-you-have-done-for-christ-that-and/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of the sons of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/brethren-happiness-is-not-our-being-s-end-and-aim-the-christian-s-aim/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

> [What we are, and where we are, is God's providential arrange ment — God's doing, though it may be man's misdoing; and the manly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/what-we-are-and-where-we-are-is-god-s-providential-arrange-ment-god-s/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

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