But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger.

But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger.

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.

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.

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,

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

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.

God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.

God prepares great men for great tasks by great 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.

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.