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Though the way of religion has thorns in it with respect to persecution, yet it is full of roses with respect to that inward peace and contentment that the soul finds in it.
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From Heaven Taken By Storm, Soli Deo Gloria Publications edition, pg. 73

 

Thomas Watson

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