"I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most boundless conceptions, we are left at the same time ready, though our hearts be thrilled, to have our hands filled for deeds of benevolence and love. The happiest moments may be the busiest moments."
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 130.
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Matthew Simpson
Matthew Simpson (June 20, 1811 – June 18, 1884) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852.
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