John Bowring quotes
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“In the cross of Christ I glory,”
-- John BowringSource : Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.200
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“There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.”
-- John BowringSource : John Bowring, “Blessings Of Instruction”
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“In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.”
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“Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.”
-- John BowringSource : Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.109
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“The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.”
-- John BowringSource : Sir John Bowring (1824). “Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces”, p.48
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“Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.”
-- John Bowring
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Source : Adam Clarke (1837). “The Preacher's Manual: Including Clavis Biblica, and A Letter to a Methodist Preacher”, p.61
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“I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me.”
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“The only reason that Jews are in ***** is that we think that Christ sucks. Catholicism sucks.”
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“There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day.”
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“You’re not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross.”
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