“The church may go through her dark ages, but Christ is with her in the midnight; she may pass through her fiery furnace, but Christ is in the midst of the flame with her.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 149.

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British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist 1834–1892

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