Quotemeal: Aug. 22nd, 1955

Monday, August 22, 1955

"Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."
— John Tillotson

More Quotemeal

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"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
"We are called to stand on the Promises, not to merely sit on the premises."

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Illustration of John Tillotson — "Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.