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

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"Every sermon should be an agony of the soul, a passion to beget Christ in the souls of men."
— John Chrysostom —
"All effective fathers learn the importance of a wise and flexible response to their children's calls for attention. No busy signals here. No "hold" button."
— Gordon McDonald —
"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter —
"If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?"
— Blaise Pascal —

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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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