Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 1955

Wednesday, October 12, 1955

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

More Quotemeal

"God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars."
"God, harden me against myself."
"I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way."
"There are no accidents in the life of the Christian."

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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