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> [ “\[Suffering\] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot-be-seen-in-a-time-of-health/)

[Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

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## More by Robert Murray McCheyne

> [“Some of you seek for faith much in the same way as you would dig for a well. You turn the eye inward upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/some-of-you-seek-for-faith-much-in-the-same-way-as-you-would-dig-for/)

[Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [A great part of my time is spent in getting my heart in tune for prayer. It is the link that connects earth with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/a-great-part-of-my-time-is-spent-in-getting-my-heart-in-tune-for/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [Live near to God, and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/live-near-to-god-and-all-things-will-appear-little-to-you-in/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [The greatest need of my people is my personal holiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/the-greatest-need-of-my-people-is-my-personal-holiness/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/study-universal-holiness-of-life-your-whole-usefulness-depends-on/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [“He was without any comforts of God — no feeling that God loved him — no feeling that God pitied him — no feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/he-was-without-any-comforts-of-god-no-feeling-that-god-loved-him-no/)

[Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [Just so take Christ away, and the whole arch of truth becomes a heap of rubbish. The very same truths may be there; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/just-so-take-christ-away-and-the-whole-arch-of-truth-becomes-a-heap/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/if-i-could-hear-christ-praying-for-me-in-the-next-room-i-would-not-2/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [ “\[Suffering\] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot-be-seen-in-a-time-of-health/)

[Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/for-every-look-at-self-take-ten-looks-at-christ/)

[Robert Murray Mccheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

> [“I once was a stranger to grace and to God, I knew not my danger, and felt not my load; Though friends spoke in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/i-once-was-a-stranger-to-grace-and-to-god-i-knew-not-my-danger-and/)

[Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/)

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