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I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.
David Livingstone
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David Livingstone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1813
Born: March 19
Died: 1873
Died: May 1
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Death alone will put a stop to my effort!
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All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
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Without Christ, not one step with Him, anywhere!
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I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.
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Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste.
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I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.
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