The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best strength, that he may be able to bear the burden.
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Phillips Brooks Quote
“The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.”
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