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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.
Hannah Whitall Smith
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Hannah Whitall Smith
Age: 79 †
Born: 1832
Born: February 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 1
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Suffragette
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New Jersey
United States
Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith
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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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I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'?
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Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.
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An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.
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You have trusted Him as your dying Savior now trust Him as your living Savior. Just as much as He came to deliver you from future punishment did He also come to deliver you from present bondage. Just as truly as He came to bear your stripes for you has He come to live your life for you.
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Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful.
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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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Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders
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If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls mounting up with wings as eagles to the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb 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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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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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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If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!
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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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For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.
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Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.
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Foundations to be reliable must always be unshakable.
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Nothing else is needed to quiet all your fears, but just this, that GOD IS.
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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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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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