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Charles Brent

(1862–1929) Military Officer

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Charles Brent was a military officer.

Quick Facts About Charles Brent

Born: April 9, 1862
Died: March 27, 1929
Profession: Military Officer

About Charles Brent

[Wikidata] American Episcopal bishop and Army chaplain... | [Wikipedia] Charles Henry Brent was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands (1902–1918); Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I (1917–1918); and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York (1918–1929). The historian and Episcopal mi

Quotes by Charles Brent

There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that…

Chasms

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It makes a great difference in our feeling towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer;…

Differences

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Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God's removal of that which…

Break

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Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need…

Destruction

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There is no thirst of the soul so consuming as the desire for pardon. The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point…

Beckoning

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The World will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is answered.

Christ

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Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.

Christianity

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The unity of Christendom is not a luxury, but a necessity. The world will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may…

Christ

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Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is…

Good judgment

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The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace - the first we offer, the second we accept,…

Accepting

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Concluding a short series on sin: It is appalling to think of a power so strong that it can annihilate with the…

Christianity

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It seems to me, as time goes on, that the only thing that is worth seeking for is to know and to…

Childlike

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A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among…

Character

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God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound…

Confidence

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A man must not stop listening any more than praying when he rises from his knees. No one questions the need of…

Addresses

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Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention, but He ours, so when we fail to hear…

Accents

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