Quotemeal: Jun. 20th, 2015

Saturday, June 20, 2015

"Christians are like the flowers in a garden, that have each of them the dew of Heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other."
— John Bunyan

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Illustration of John Bunyan — "Christians are like the flowers in a garden, that have each of them the dew of Heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other."

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