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“Faith is a practical habit, which, like every other, is strengthened and increased by continual exercise. It is nourished by meditation, by prayer, and the devout perusal of the Scriptures; and the light which it diffuses becomes stronger and clearer by an uninterrupted converse with its object, and a faithful compliance with its dictates.”

Robert Hall

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 219.

Faith , Exercises , Light

“What other book besides the Bible could be heard in public assemblies from year to year, with an attention that never tires, and an interest that never cloys?”

Robert Hall

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 35.

Books

“The Bible is the treasure of the poor, the solace of the sick, and the support of the dying; and while other books may amuse and instruct in a leisure hour, it is the peculiar triumph of that book to create light in the midst of darkness, to alleviate the sorrow which admits of no other alleviation, to direct a beam of hope to the heart which no other topic of consolation can reach; while guilt, despair, and death vanish at the touch of its holy inspiration.”

Robert Hall

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 30.

Death , Books , Hope , Support

“While the passion of some is to shine, of some to govern, and of others to accumulate, let one great passion alone influence our breasts, the passion which reason ratifies, which conscience approves, which Heaven inspires, — that of being and doing good.”

Robert Hall

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 121.

Passion