"Praise is one of the greatest acts of which we are capable; and it is most like the service of heaven."

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“Law operates in Nature.”

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“Light views of sin give slight views of the sacrifice of Calvary, of the need for propitiation, and of the dread future penalty on willful wrong-doing.”

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