Quotemeal: Sep. 17th, 2008

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

"The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came."
— James Russell Lowell

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— Philip Henry —
"The Glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying Him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life."
— C. S. Lewis —
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— Gordon McDonald —
"Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity."
— Henry van Dyke —

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Illustration of James Russell Lowell — "The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came."

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