Quotemeal: Aug. 12th, 2021

Thursday, August 12, 2021

"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson —
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— Jeremiah Burroughs —
"Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."

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