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The Christian is a [person] of joy... A gloomy Christian is a contradiction of terms, and nothing in all religious history has done Christianity more harm than its connection with black clothes and long faces.
William Barclay
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William Barclay
Age: 70 †
Born: 1907
Born: December 5
Died: 1978
Died: January 24
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We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.
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Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path.
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Jesus was clear that He had come, not to make life easy, but to make men great.
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There is only one way to bring peace to the heart, joy to the mind, and beauty to the life it is to accept and do the will of God.
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A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
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Faith is not only commitment to the promises of Christ it is also commitment to his demands.
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