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Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude.
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