Quotemeal: Aug. 4th, 1950

Friday, August 4, 1950

"If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped."
— Evelyn Underhill

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Illustration of Evelyn Underhill — "If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped."

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