Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 1942

Thursday, August 20, 1942

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"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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"God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time."
— R. T. Kendall —
"It is not the fact that a person has riches that keeps them from heaven, but the fact that riches have them."
— Dr. Caird —
"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people."
— Arthur Schopenhauer —
"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss."
— Thomas a Kempis —

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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."

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