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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Let every man come to God in his own way.
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What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John it is the Gospel according to William it is the Gospel according to Mary it is the Gospel according to Henry and James it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.
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The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
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