Quotemeal: May. 31st, 1959

Sunday, May 31, 1959

"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."
— John Calvin

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"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton —
"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""
— Francis of Sales —
"Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."

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Morning & Evening
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