"Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended."

Nature, God, Consciousness, Human nature

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"Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended."

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"Life is a flowing river. We came from earth and water. We will go back there after the magic of life."

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"Clear skies do not promise rain."

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"Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life."

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"A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud."

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"The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort."

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"Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections."

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"Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven."

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"If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world."

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"It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind."

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"If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!"

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"Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past."

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"We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God."

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"There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part."

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"Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause."

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"Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven."

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