“There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious out-look; from whose windows you can see across the river of death, and into the shining city beyond; but how often are these neglected for the lower ones, which have earthward-looking windows!”

Source: Life Thoughts (1858), p. 16

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American clergyman and activist 1813–1887

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