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Alexander MacLaren Quotes: To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty.
         

To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty.


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Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.



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We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.



The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.



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He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.



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If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.



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The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.



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No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.



The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.



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Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.





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