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Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be
in the furnace with them.
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As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be
in the furnace with them.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see
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Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see
what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on
to the surface.
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,--
And the drops will slacken so;
Weep, weep--and the watch thou read more
Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,--
And the drops will slacken so;
Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,
With a quicker count will go.
Think,--the shadow on the dial
For the nature most undone,
Marks the passing of the trial,
Proves the presence of the sun.
The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed read more
The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed to move and die,
And yet by such a fate prepared for heaven.