--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Doth not a flight through illimitable…" description: "\"“Doth not a flight through illimitable plains of the ether of love inflame thy heart and compel thee to delight thyself in the Lord thy God?”\" — Charle..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_god_doth-not-a-flight-through-illimitable-pl_1750923.jpg" --- # Doth not a flight through illimitable plains of the ether… ![“Doth not a flight through illimitable plains of the ether of love inflame thy heart and compel thee to delight thyself in the Lord thy God?” quote by Charles H. 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