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If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him, there needs no further argument of His divinity.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
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