Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 1960

Monday, August 8, 1960

"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus

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"Men perish with whispering sins — nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell..."
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Illustration of Epictetus — "If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Monday, August 8, 1960

The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
"Even in this world saints are God's children, but men cannot discover them to be so, except by certain moral characteristics. The adoption is not..."
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A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful."
A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
"I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? "

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