Quotemeal: Sep. 8th, 1949

Thursday, September 8, 1949

"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown

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"Over the long run, love's power to forgive is stronger than hate's power to get even."
— Lewis B. Smedes —
"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""
— Francis of Sales —
"If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me."
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne —
"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love."
— Henry Ward Beecher —

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Illustration of Author Unknown — "A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."

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