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Thomas Cogswell Upham Quotes

If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to

If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to communicate.

Thomas Cogswell Upham
Wisdom, Moments, Length

Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun.

Thomas Cogswell Upham
Sun, Rays, Holiness
Thomas Cogswell Upham (1848). “Religious Maxims, Having a Connection with the Doctrines and Practice of Holiness”, p.8

Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long.

Thomas Cogswell Upham
Strong, Grief, Dark

Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life.

Thomas Cogswell Upham
Growth, Progress, Gourds
Thomas Cogswell Upham (1844). “Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the Consideration of Those who are Seeking Assurance of Faith and Perfect Love”, p.283

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