Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1945

Friday, August 17, 1945

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"I exhort you, press on in your course, and exhort all men that they may be saved."
— Polycarp —
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— Thomas Hardy —
"Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago."
— John Wesley —
"Oh forgive us Lord, for so often we seek the things in your hand rather than the things of your heart."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."

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