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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

Our Insignificant Selves

We take it for granted that the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter and the rest are exactly where they should be, and move just as they ought.

But if we are content the Lord should manage the heavenly bodies without our assistance, we are ready enough to advise him how He should dispose our insignificant selves.

John Newton
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