"Heaven, too, was very near to them in……" — Arthur Conan Doyle
"Heaven, too, was very near to them in those days. God's direct agency was to be seen in the thunder and the rainbow, the whirlwind and the lightning. To the believer, clouds of angels and confessors, and martyrs, armies of the sainted and the saved, were ever stooping over their struggling brethren upon earth, raising, encouraging, and supporting them."
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383 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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