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Foundations to be reliable must always be unshakable.

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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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Must
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Unshakable
Foundations
Reliable

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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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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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We must take our troubles to the Lord, but we must do more than that, we must leave them there.
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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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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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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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This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.
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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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