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Thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ!

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
Unto
Triumph
Thanks
Christ
Always

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Foundations to be reliable must always be unshakable.
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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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