God prefers the prayer of a broken heart to the finest service that ever was performed by priests and choirs. Heaven’s long-suffering still runs like a silver thread through the centuries. A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. Self-consciousness is a sure sign that there is not much depth of grace. The wide difference between wisdom and knowledge is forgotten by many; they hoard up knowledge of a peculiar sort like collectors of coins, and yet they use it not as merchants use money,
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