Quotemeal: Sep. 4th, 1956

Tuesday, September 4, 1956

"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."
— Charles Dickens

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"The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"May the grace of Christ our Saviour,|And the Father's boundless love,|With the Holy Spirit's favour,|Rest upon us from above."
— John Newton —
"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."
— Larry Crabb —
"God writes straight with crooked lines."
— Spanish Proverb —

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Illustration of Charles Dickens — "Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."

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