“The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. " He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."”

—  Alexander Maclaren

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 58.

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