"To pursue joy is to lose it. The……" — Alexander MacLaren
"To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy, and then, like sheep, it comes most surely unsought, and we 'being in the way,' the angel of God, bright-haired joy, is sure to meet us."
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Alexander MacLaren
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62 Quotes by Alexander MacLaren
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The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
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Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.
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