A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by William Arnot

2 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

It was a touching answer of a Christian sailor, when asked why he remained so calm in a fearful storm, when the sea seemed ready to devour the ship. He was not sure that he could swim. "But," he said, "though I sink I shall only drop into the hollow of my Father's hand; for He holds all these waters there"— filed under God's Providence
Like an echo from a ruined castle, prayer is an echo from the ruined human soul of the sweet promise of God.— filed under Prayer
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