Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

More Quotemeal

"When I survey the wondrous cross,|On which the Prince of Glory died,|My richest gain I count but loss,|And pour contempt on all my pride."
Isaac Watts
"The church is an organism, not an organization; a movement, not a monument."
Chuck Colson
"If indeed there had been anything better and more profitable to the health of men than to suffer, Christ would surely have shown it by word and example."
"The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God."
Irenaeus

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