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For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

Hannah Whitall Smith

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Hannah Whitall Smith
Age: 79 †
Born: 1832
Born: February 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 1
Author
Suffragette
Theologian
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith
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Greatest
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You must hand yourself and all your inward experiences, your temptations, your temperament, your frames and feelings, all over into the care of your God, and leave them there. He made you and therefore He understands you, and knows how to manage you, and you must trust Him to do it.
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It is hard for me to believe that any husband and wife are really happy together. And to have thee say you are is an unspeakable comfort.
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I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings.
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Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.
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Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.
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We must take our troubles to the Lord, but we must do more than that, we must leave them there.
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My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird
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Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.
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God's slavation is not a purchase to be made, nor wages to be earned, nor a summit to be climbed, nor a task to be accomplished but it is simply and only a gift to be accepted, and can only be accepted by faith.
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Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful.
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God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be.
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The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. An just so does our God to us.
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Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed.
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An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.
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Those who are God's without reserve are, in every sense, content
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Nothing else is needed to quiet all your fears, but just this, that GOD IS.
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Thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ!
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If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.
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Nothing else but seeing God in everything can make us loving and patient with those who annoy us. When we realize that they are only the instruments for accomplishing His purpose in our lives, we will actually be able to thank them [inwardly] for the blessings they bring us.
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