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“There is healing in the bitter cup.”

Healing Bitter Cups Affliction

Book:The Poetical works

Source: The Poetical works

“Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.”

Persons Prayer Praying Prosperity Wicked Affliction Wicked Person

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)

“Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is necessary.”

Hands Lord Our Lives Valleys Affliction Our Lord

Author:Billy Graham

“Our afflictions would trouble us much less if we knew God's reason for sending them.”

Ifs Reason Trouble Affliction

Book:Facing Death and the Life After

Source: Facing Death and the Life After

“Afflictions clarify the soul.”

Soul Affliction

Author:Francis Quarles

“Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.”

Late Too Late Sympathy Affliction Consolation

Book:The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

“By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.”

World Might Hot Affliction Let It Go Spoiled

Author:John Powell

“Afflictions are the steps to heaven.”

Heaven Steps Adversity Affliction

Author:Elizabeth Ann Seton

“The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.”

Men Faces Fundamentals Mood Agony Affliction

Book:The Shadow of an Agony

Source: The Shadow of an Agony

“Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.”

Trying Heaven Hours Virtue Eternal Clouds Convinced Our Future Affliction Wraps

Author:John Brown

“Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee.”

Light Graves Thee Affliction Messengers

Book:The Waldenses, Or the Fall of Rora: a Lyrical Sketch. With Other Poems

Source: The Waldenses, Or the Fall of Rora: a Lyrical Sketch. With Other Poems

“Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin.”

Thinking Whole Heaven Skins Stealing Kingdoms Folly Affliction Kingdom Of God

Book:Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition

Source: Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition

“I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.”

People Eye Degrees Normal Difficulty Meetings Shy Affliction Public Speaking

Author:Nicholson Baker

“It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.”

Asks Christ Grief Tears Sorrow Endure Affliction Anguish Deep Grief

Book:The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph

Source: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph

“Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions.”

Heart Spiritual Wise Wise Words Exercise Bread Affliction

Book:Guesses at Truth

Source: Guesses at Truth