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When speech is given to a soul holy and true, time, and its dome of ages, becomes as a mighty whispering-gallery, round which the imprisoned utterance runs, and reverberates forever.
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Heaven and God are best discerned through tears; scarcely perhaps are discerned at all without them. The constant association of prayer with the hour of bereavement and the scenes of death suffice to show this.
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We should count time by heart-throbs.
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God is infinite; and the laws of nature, like nature itself, are finite. These methods of working, therefore, which correspond to the physical element in us, do not exhaust His agency. There is a boundless residue of disengaged energy beyond.
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God has so arranged the chronometry of our spirits, that there shall be thousands of silent moments between the striking hours.
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Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.
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There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.
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The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
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The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
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