“The demand of the day is for a higher standard and style of Christian life. Every follower of Christ must represent His religion purely, loftily, impressively, before that multitude of "Bible-readers" whose only Bible is the Christian.”

—  Theodore L. Cuyler

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 115.

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