If all experienced God in the same way and returned Him an identical w…

C. S. Lewis
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If all experienced God in the same way and returned Him an identical worship, the song of the Church triumphant would have no symphony, it would be played like an orchestra in which all instruments played the same note. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.184, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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