“To me, our destinies seem flower and fruit
Born of an ever-generating root…”
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
“The vine... is not the root merely, but all - root, stem, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruit: and Jesus is not only that: He is soil and sunshine, air and showers, and ten thousand times more than we ever dreamed, wished for, or needed.”
(J. Hudson Taylor. Dwelling in Him. Robesonia: Overseas Missionary Fellowship).
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