Quotemeal: Mar. 16th, 1958

Sunday, March 16, 1958

"Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely."
— Phillips Brooks

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— Ralph Waldo Emerson —
"The noble love of Jesus impels a man to do great things, and stirs him up to be always longing for what is more perfect."
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Illustration of Phillips Brooks — "Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely."

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