“Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into relations of affection, submission, and communion with Him.”

— Edward Norris Kirk

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 258.

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American Christian missionary, pastor, teacher, evangelist … 1802–1874

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