“It is only Jesus Christ who has thrown light on life and immortality through the gospel; and because He has done so, and has enabled us by His atoning death and intercession to make the most of this discovery, His gospel is, for all who will, a power of God unto salvation.”

—  Henry Liddon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 210.

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