“I began to live as if there were not one in the world but Him & me. I adored Him as often as I could, keeping my mind in his holy presence & recalling it as often as it wandered. I had no little difficulty in this exercise, but I kept on despite all the difficulties & was not worried or distressed when I was involuntarily distracted. I did this during the day as often as I did it during the FORMAL TIME specifically set aside for prayer; for at all times, at every hour, at every moment, even in the busiest times of my work, I banished & put away from my mind everything capable of diverting me from the thought of God.” Brother Lawrence, 17th century French Monk
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“The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.”
– Noah Webster
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