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# W. Sangster

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William Edwin Robert Sangster was an English Methodist minister and writer.

##  Quotes by W. Sangster

> [It is Christlike work to soothe and sympathize, and only those who have drunk the cup of sorrow are fully equipped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-sangster/it-is-christlike-work-to-soothe-and-sympathize-and-only-those-who/)

[W. Sangster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-sangster/)

[Cups](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cups/)

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> [Sympathy is a shallow stream in the souls of those who have not suffered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-sangster/sympathy-is-a-shallow-stream-in-the-souls-of-those-who-have-not/)

[W. Sangster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-sangster/)

[Helping](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/helping/)

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> [The Christian feels that the tooth of time gnaws all books but the Bible...19 centuries of experience have tested it. It has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-sangster/the-christian-feels-that-the-tooth-of-time-gnaws-all-books-but-the/)

[W. Sangster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-sangster/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [If you are too busy to pray then you are too busy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-sangster/if-you-are-too-busy-to-pray-then-you-are-too-busy/)

[W. Sangster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-sangster/)

[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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