Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 1938

Saturday, August 20, 1938

"Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest."
— Henry Ward Beecher

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"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime."
— Martin Luther —
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
— Goethe —
"Your heart is not the compass that God steers by."
— Samuel Rutherford —
"To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Henry Ward Beecher — "Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, August 20, 1938

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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