P. 240.
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If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good.
— Alexander Maclaren
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Source: Wikiquote: "Alexander Maclaren" (Quotes, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895): Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).)
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About Alexander Maclaren
Alexander Maclaren (11 February 1826 – 5 May 1910) was an English non-conformist minister.
About Alexander Maclaren
Alexander Maclaren (11 February 1826 – 5 May 1910) was an English non-conformist minister.
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