“He who thinks he hath no need of Christ, hath too high thoughts of himself. He who thinks Christ cannot help him, hath too low thoughts of Christ.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, P. 86.

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American Doctor of Divinity 1770–1829

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