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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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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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