Under the banner of the Saviour's dying love, I feel it to be the most precious privilege in the universe to deny myself, to take up my cross, and to follow the Lord whithersoever He goeth.
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Mary Lyon Quote
“There is nothing in the universe I fear but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.”
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