It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching…

John Owen
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It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.
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Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us. ✨ John Owen (1862). The Works of John Owen, p.605
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It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.

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