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God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
J. G. Holland
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The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
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Whatever of true glory has been won by any nation of the earth whatever great advance his been made by any nation in that which constitutes a high Christian civilization, has been always at the cost of sacrifice has cost the price marked upon it in God's inventory of national good.
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