Quotemeal: May. 8th, 1954

Saturday, May 8, 1954

"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen

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Illustration of John Owen — "If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."

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