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Charles Spurgeon

"A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will."

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"The things that are essential to salvation are so exceedingly simple that no child need sit down in despair of understanding the things which make for his peace. Christ crucified is not a riddle for sages, but a plain truth for plain people. True it is meat for men, but it is also milk for babes."

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"Martin Luther used to say temptation is the best teacher for a minister."

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"If boys would think, it would be well to give them less classwork and more opportunity for thought."

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"Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God."

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"This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST."

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"In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: He has won our love, and He shall wear it."

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