Quotemeal: Jul. 9th, 1955

Saturday, July 9, 1955

"Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good."
— John Tillotson

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"All earthly delights are but "streams." But God is the ocean."
— Jonathan Edwards —
"Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction."
— A. W. Tozer —
"The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."
— Charles Hodge —
"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."
— Ursula K. LeGuin —

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Illustration of John Tillotson — "Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good."

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