Quotemeal: Apr. 7th, 1957

Sunday, April 7, 1957

"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."
— William R. Inge

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— Thomas Fuller —
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Illustration of William R. Inge — "No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."

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