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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.
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 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.
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.
'Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed,
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'Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try, try again.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers
here below.
There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers
here below.
