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Logically, faith comes first, and love next but in life they will spring up together in the soul the interval which separates them is impalpable, and in every act of trust, love is present and fundamental to every emotion of love to Christ is trust in Christ.

Alexander MacLaren

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Oh, remember that as certain as the historical fact, He died on Calvary so certain is the prophetic fact, He shall reign, and you and I will stand there. I durst not touch that subject. Take it into your own hearts, and think about it, a kingdom, a judgment-seat, a crown, a gathered universe separation, decision, execution of the sentence.
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The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us they only hear about Jesus Christ.
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Duty is duty, conscience is conscience, right is right, and wrong is wrong, whatever sized type they may be printed in. Large or small are not words for the vocabulary of conscience.
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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.
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You cannot put patience and experience into a parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring hope out of tribulation.
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God keeps giving Himself as long as we bring that into which He can pour Himself. And when we stop bringing, He stops giving.
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If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether.
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Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong and the epitaph for the sinner is, Thou fool!
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