Quotemeal: Mar. 21st, 1956

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's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small."
— Richard J. Foster —
"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division."
— John Ruskin —
"The human race is divided into two classes — those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way?""
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. —
"Whatever tries us in any way, speak to the Lord about it."
— George Mueller —

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Illustration of Francis of Sales — "The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""

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