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title: "5 Heaven Thee Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/for-it-is-good-to-cleave-to-god-and-to-put-our-hopes-in-the-lord-so/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

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> [He shines upon me and makes me to rejoice, and has atoned for me all that was taken from me and done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-hurnard/he-shines-upon-me-and-makes-me-to-rejoice-and-has-atoned-for-me-all/)

[Hannah Hurnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-hurnard/)

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> [Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/heaven-is-for-thee-too-high-to-know-what-passes-there-be-lowly-wise/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [O ye whose years unfolding fair Are fresh with youth, and free from care, Should vice and indolence desire The garden of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-sigourney/o-ye-whose-years-unfolding-fair-are-fresh-with-youth-and-free-from/)

[Lydia Sigourney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-sigourney/)

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> [O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/o-my-lord-jesus-christ-if-i-could-be-in-heaven-without-thee-it-would/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/samuel-rutherford-3289_christ_o-my-lord-jesus-christ-if-i-could-be-in_2913193.png)

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