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God's cause is committed to men God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of God they do His work and carry out His plans.

Edward McKendree Bounds

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Edward McKendree Bounds
Age: 78 †
Born: 1835
Born: August 15
Died: 1913
Died: August 24
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Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.
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Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.
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The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the Father the heart is always going out to Him in loving communion, and the moment the mind is released from the task upon which it is engaged, it returns as naturally to God as the bird does to its nest.
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Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.
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Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.
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