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The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Sunrise
Bible
Birth
Jesus

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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.
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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.
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Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.
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Deeds not Words: I say so too! And yet I find it somehow true, A word may help a man in need, To nobler act and braver deed.
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There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
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Thou wayfaring Jesus - a pilgrim and stranger, Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger, A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth - Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary, Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary, Safe to its home in Thy presence above.
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We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
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Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.
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Love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
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The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the goodI watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right!
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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.
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Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last
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