Richard Allen quotes
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“The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.”
-- Richard AllenSource : Absalom Jones, Richard Allen (1993). “A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in the Year 1793: And a Refutation of Some Censures Thrown Upon Them in Some Late Publications”, Eastern Acorn Press
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“Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.”
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“Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held us in captivity, are now pleading our cause with earnestness and zeal.”
-- Richard AllenSource : Richard Allen (1880). “The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen: To which is Annexed, the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America : Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord 1793 : with an Address to the People of Color in the United States”
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“Trees are, after all, our largest and oldest living things. They are Australia's natural, national treasures - the true Elders of our vast continent.”
-- Richard AllenSource : Richard Allen (2009). “Australia's Remarkable Trees”, p.14, The Miegunyah Press
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“The celebrated Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira loved the Ghost Gums of the Northern Territory... They are evocatively Australian, their white trunks contrasting with the red earth and the deep blue sky of the Dreamtime region that has for centuries sustained Namatjira's Aranda people.”
-- Richard AllenSource : Richard Allen (2009). “Australia's Remarkable Trees”, p.24, The Miegunyah Press
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“According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world.”
-- Richard AllenSource : Richard Allen (2009). “Australia's Remarkable Trees”, p.1, The Miegunyah Press
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“Just learn from your mistakes..and for give yourself..and better yourself:)”
-- Richard Allen#Mistake Quotes #Giving Quotes #Learn From Your Mistakes Quotes
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“A divided heart loses both worlds.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : Barbara Johnson (2000). “Boomerang Joy: Joy That Goes Around, Comes Around”, p.123, Zondervan
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“The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
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“I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.”
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“In an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of work.”
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