Quote#God & Faith
Apart from the positive woes of perdition, an eternity of…
Quote byAndrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd · 1825–1899
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 401..
English (original)
Apart from the positive woes of perdition, an eternity of wretchedness grows from the want of love to Christ as naturally as the oak grows from the acorn, or the harvest from the scattered grain. It is not that love to Christ merits heaven; it does far better, it makes heaven. It is, as it were, the organ of sensation that takes note of heaven's blessedness.
— Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
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