"The sigh, the groan of a broken heart,……" — Charles Simeon
"The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God."
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Charles Simeon
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16 Quotes by Charles Simeon
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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him…
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The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever…
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Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat…
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If you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not ‘live no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him…
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We shall do well ever to remember, that Christianity is not a mere speculative theory, that is to inform the…
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Learn, brethren, before it be too late, that ‘without Christ you can do nothing:’ that ‘all your fresh springs are…
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However advanced a man may be in piety or age; he is still in danger of falling.
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You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how…
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Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as…
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I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
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No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.
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Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted…
— George Washington
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The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive…
— J. G. Holland
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Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts…
— Thomas Brooks
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
— Richard Sibbes
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What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk…
— John Bunyan
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Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
— Giacomo Casanova
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The old men gazed on them in their loveliness, and turned away with that deep and painful sigh, which the…
— Lydia M. Child
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I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own…
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