Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 1957

Sunday, December 22, 1957

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

More Quotemeal

"We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us."
Ed Howe
"In his love he clothes us, enfolds us and embraces us; that tender love completely surrounds us, never to leave us."
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand."

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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