Quotemeal: Dec. 26th, 1947

Friday, December 26, 1947

"Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have."
— Martin Luther

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Illustration of Martin Luther — "Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have."

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