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Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.
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Repentance is the turning of the soul from the way of midnight to the point of the coming sun.
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Our earthly loves are but so many silver steps leading us up to the great golden love of God.
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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.
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Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.
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Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.
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A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.
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