"There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys of paradise, which performs no duty which it can shirk, and whose constant prayer is to be lifted in some overwhelming flood of Divine grace, and be carried, amidst the admiration of men and the jubilance of angels, to the very throne of God."
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Henry Clay Trumbull
1830 – 1903
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830 – 1903) was an American clergyman who became a world famous editor, author, and pioneer of the Sunday School Movement.
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