Quotemeal for Wednesday, March 21, 1956

"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

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"God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf."

— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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— Charles Wesley —

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— Adrei Bitov —

"Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is..."

— Henry Ward Beecher —