Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolu…

J. C. Ryle
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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