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“You cannot manufacture a conscience out of expediency, the voice of conscience says not. It is better not to do so; but—Thou shalt not.”

“It is the crushed olive that yields the oil, the pressed grape that gives forth the wine; and it was the smitten rock that gave the people water. So it is the broken, contrite heart that is most rich in holiness and most fragrant in grace.”

“We have two ears and but one tongue, that we may hear much and talk little.”

“We are in hot haste to set the world right and to order all its affairs. The Lord hath the leisure of conscious power and unerring wisdom, and it is well for us to learn to wait.”

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— February 15, 1895 —