There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and…

Phillips Brooks
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There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it may not hope to shed some of His light. There is no life so meager that the greatest and wisest of us can afford to despise it. We cannot know at what moment it may flash forth with the life of God. ✨ Phillips Brooks (1881). The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons
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