“True faith, by a mighty effort of the will, fixes its gaze on our Divine Helper, and there finds it possible and wise to lose its fears. It is madness to say, "I will not be afraid; "it is wisdom and peace to say, "I will trust and not be afraid."”

—  Alexander Maclaren

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 229.

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British minister 1826–1910

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