Quote#Nature
The life-boat may have a tasteful bend and beautiful decoration, but…
Quote byJames Waddel Alexander · 1804–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 30..
English (original)
The life-boat may have a tasteful bend and beautiful decoration, but these are not the qualities for which I prize it; it was my salvation from the howling sea! So the interest which a regenerate soul takes in the Bible, is founded on a personal application to the heart of the saving truth which it contains.
— James Waddel Alexander
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