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“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there, Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to him of many.”

Men Real Joy Heaven Christ Hell He Man Sorrow Aim Missions Supreme Conversion Motive Missionary Missionary Life

Author:Hudson Taylor

“There is, I am convinced, no picture that conveys in all its dreadfulness, a vision of sorrow, despairing, remediless, supreme. If I could paint such a picture, the canvas would show only a woman looking down at her empty arms.”

Ifs Shows Vision Arms Sorrow Empty Paint Convinced Supreme If I Could Canvas Infant Looking Down

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“Joy and sorrow in this world pass into each other, mingling their forms and their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysterious as an overshadowed ocean, while the dazzling brightness of supreme hopes lies far off, fascinating and still, on the distant edge of the horizon”

World Stills Form Joy Lying This World Sorrow Ocean Edges Supreme Mysterious Fascinating Horizon Twilight Brightness Dazzling Joys And Sorrows Mingling

Book:A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences

Source: A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences

“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”

Able Happiness Suffering Felt Grief Sadness Sorrow Supreme Great Happiness Peace And Happiness Art Of Happiness Human Wisdom Monte Cristo

Book:Count of Monte Cristo: {Complete & Illustrated}

Source: Count of Monte Cristo: {Complete & Illustrated}

“Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.”

Life Long Made Real Character Process Struggle Failing Week Sorrow Quiet Decided Supreme Temptation Conquer Wrestling Steady Trembling

Author:Phillips Brooks

“Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is a true happiness, indeed the supreme happiness; but it is founded upon sorrow.”

Doe Evil Mystery Sorrow Guilt Historical Supreme Contemplation Bloody True Happiness Atonement Gethsemane

Author:Josef Pieper