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"To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ."
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"Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I."

"Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ."

"Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ?"

"As long as I loved and served Christ I could be anything I wanted to be."

"The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts."

"If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens."

"Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ."

"Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed."

"The New Testament presents, in its way, the same union of the divine and human as the person of Christ. In this sense also 'the word became flesh, and dwells among us.'"
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"The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods are in the strictest sense meant to be used only for to-day."

"Principles are only tools in the hands of God they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful."

"The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others."

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."

"By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are."

"Jesus says to anyone who uses their faith or lack of faith to excuse their acts of disobedience to his call: First obey, do the external works, let go of what binds you, give up what is separating you from God's will! Do not say, I do not have the faith for that. You will not have it so long as you remain disobedient, so long as you will not take that first step. Do not say, I have faith, so I do not have to take the first step. You do not have faith, because and so long as you will not take that first step. Instead, you have hardened yourself in disbelief under the appearance of humble faith."

"Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the bearers of high office; his calling is to stay below. The higher power are over him, and he must remain under them. The world exercises dominion, the Christian serves, and thus he shares the earthly lot of his Lord, who became a servant. 'For there is no power but of God.' (Mark 10.42-45) These words are addressed to the Christians, not to the powers."

"My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified."
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