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			 The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards read more 
	 The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don't even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence. 
		
 
	
			 Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894  We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by read more 
	 Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894  We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience. 
		
 
	
			 It is to be feared that the most of us know not how much glory may be in present grace, read more 
	 It is to be feared that the most of us know not how much glory may be in present grace, nor how much of heaven may be obtained in holiness on the earth. 
		
 
	
			 If by fate anyone means the will or power of God, let him keep his meaning but mend his language: read more 
	 If by fate anyone means the will or power of God, let him keep his meaning but mend his language: for fate commonly means a necessary process which will have its way apart from the will of God and of men. 
		
 
	
			 "There is no God," the foolish saith,  But none, "There is no sorrow." And nature oft the cry of read more 
	 "There is no God," the foolish saith,  But none, "There is no sorrow." And nature oft the cry of faith  In bitter need will borrow: Eyes which the preacher could not school,  By wayside graves are raised; And lips say, "God be pitiful,"  Who ne'er said, "God be praised.". 
		
 
	
			 Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is read more 
	 Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is filled with His own Peace; and inasmuch as we are prone to grow like that to which we are closely united, the closer we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast and more tranquil shall we become. 
		
 
	
			 Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our read more 
	 Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God; Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode: That sacred stream, thine holy word, That all our raging fear controls; Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls. 
		
 
	
			 Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  read more 
	 Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  What think ye, is the Word of God to be fulfilled? Do you believe the Word of God? Do you believe what is fulfilled in the Word of God because it is fulfilled? or do you believe because God has said so? If you believe the past fulfillment because it is past, then you do not believe God. If you believe God, you must believe the future as well as the past. 
		
 
	
			 The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign read more 
	 The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.