Quotemeal: Apr. 23rd, 2015

Thursday, April 23, 2015

"None can sing a new song who has not the new life. But many who have the new life seem to have lost the song. The first thing that goes when we begin to backslide is the joy of the Lord."
— Evan H. Hopkins

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Illustration of Evan H. Hopkins — "None can sing a new song who has not the new life. But many who have the new life seem to have lost the song. The first thing that goes when we begin to backslide is the joy of the Lord."

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