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Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.
Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.
Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinc'd
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction:
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Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinc'd
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction:
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour,
Serves but to brighten our future days!
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
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Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
Do scald me like molten lead.
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of
affliction.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,
The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of
affliction.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
