“I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help. Every fall without one exception came from venturing upon sinful ground or from venturing upon self-support.”

—  Theodore L. Cuyler

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 21.

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American minister 1822–1909

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