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• I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings.

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Cutting, Soul, Holiness

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1949). “A religious rebel: the letters of "H. W. S." (Mrs. Pearsall Smith)”

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• We were made to be human beings here, and when people try to be anything else, they generally get into some sort of scrapes.

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  People, Trying, Made

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1950). “Philadelphia Quaker: the letters of Hannah Whitall Smith”

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• If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!

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  Fun, Grandma, Grandmother

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• God's slavation is not a purchase to be made, nor wages to be earned, nor a summit to be climbed, nor a task to be accomplished; but it is simply and only a gift to be accepted, and can only be accepted by faith.

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  Tasks, Wages, Accepted

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2011). “God of All Comfort”, p.192, Anamchara Books

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• This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

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  Father, Heart, Long

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2009). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”, p.157, Moody Publishers

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• I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of brute force; that His rule is over hearts, not over places; that His victories must be inward before they can be outward; that He seeks to control spirits rather than bodies; that no triumph could satisfy Him but a triumph that gains the heart; that in short, where God really reigns, the surrender must be the interior surrender of the convicted free men, and not merely the outward surrender of the conquered slave.

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  Heart, Men, Ideas

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• If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.

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  Work, Writing, People

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• Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

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• For the decisions of our will are often so directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions, that, if we are in the habit of considering our emotions as the test, we shall be very apt to feel like hypocrites in declaring those things to be real which our will alone has decided.

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  Real, Hypocrite, Decision

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2009). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”, p.89, Moody Publishers

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• Unless you're lead dog, the scenery never changes.

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  Change, Dog, Never Change

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• I do not find that I feel myself to be any different as an English subject than as an American. I have not the vote in either place, so I am not a citizen of either, and have no call to be patriotic. In fact, I do not see how women can ever feel like anything but aliens in whatever country they may live, for they have no part or lot in any, except the part and lot of being taxed and legislated for by men.

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  Country, Patriotic, Men

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1949). “A religious rebel: the letters of "H. W. S." (Mrs. Pearsall Smith)”

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• By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

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  Wall, Seven Days, Seven

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2011). “God of All Comfort”, p.221, Anamchara Books

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• Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.

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  Faith, Eye, Sight

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1897). “Difficulties”

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• Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.

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  Risk, Mind, Age

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1950). “Philadelphia Quaker: the letters of Hannah Whitall Smith”

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• I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'?

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  Tombstone, Wonder, Epitaph

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1949). “A religious rebel: the letters of "H. W. S." (Mrs. Pearsall Smith)”

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• There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.

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  World, Goodness, Equal

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1950). “Philadelphia Quaker: the letters of Hannah Whitall Smith”

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• Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.

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  Christian, Jesus, Journey

  Hannah Whitall Smith (2009). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”, p.44, Moody Publishers

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• The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. An just so does our God to us.

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  Mother, Teacher, Unknown Worlds

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1888). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”

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• A feeling of real need is always a good enough reason to pray.

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  Real, Feelings, Needs

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• I shall be glad to see thee back, daughter, for I miss thee dreadfully. I wish I did not! I was taking a nap in my chair today, and I thought I heard thee rustling thy papers, and I looked over at thy table expecting to see thee, and alas! thee was not there, and it was dreadful.

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  Daughter, Naps, Missing

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1950). “Philadelphia Quaker: the letters of Hannah Whitall Smith”

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• My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird

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  Country, Bird, Soul

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1949). “A religious rebel: the letters of "H. W. S." (Mrs. Pearsall Smith)”

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• It is a fact beyond question that there are two kinds of Christian experience, one of which is an experience of bondage, and the other an experience of liberty.

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  Christian, Two, Liberty

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1888). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”

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• Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self-absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish than they could think it right to be themselves, -intent only upon His own honor and glory, looking out continually that His own rights are never trampled on; and so absorbed in thoughts of Himself and of His own righteousness, as to have no love or pity to spare for the poor sinners who have offended Him.

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  Christian, Selfish, Thinking

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• Sarah, I want to ask thee a solemn question. Did thee ever one single time have thy Bank book balance and thy own check book balance agree exactly? Do not tell, but I never did. Hannah Whitall Smith, Sarah, I want to ask thee a solemn question. Did thee ever one single time have thy Bank book balance and thy own check book balance agree exactly? Do not tell, but I never did.

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  Book, Balance, Want

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1950). “Philadelphia Quaker: the letters of Hannah Whitall Smith”

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• God loves us, and the will of love is always blessing for its loved ones.

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  Blessing, Love Is, God Love

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1876). “The Christian's secret of a happy life. By H.W.S.”, p.43

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