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That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
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Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching,…
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a…
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the…
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Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it…
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If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were…
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Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do…
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Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too…
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If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of…
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How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had…
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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Thus is Jesus in all respects fitted for his mighty work of redeeming. He is very man and very God. He is…
— Horatius Bonar
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Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well…
— Hippocrates
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Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.
— Ivan Panin
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Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
— Gautama Buddha
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I can’t believe we will forget our sorrows altogether. That would mean forgetting that we had lived, humanly speaking. Sorrow seems to…
— Marilynne Robinson
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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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The Saviors atonement in the garden and on the cross is intimate as well as infinite. Infinite in that it spans the…
— Merrill J. Bateman
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
— Sophocles
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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well…
— Hippocrates
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God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. Sitting down to…
— Lettie Cowman
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