Quote #15
Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God- such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now passing
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- God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
- Next to being the children of God our greatest privilege is being the brothers of each other.
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