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To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty.
Alexander MacLaren
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The cross is the centre of the world's history the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history
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