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In the days of His earthly ministry, only those could speak to him who came where He was if He was in Galilee, men could not find Him in Jerusalem if He was in Jerusalem, men could not find Him in Galilee. His Ascension means that He is perfectly united with God we are with Him wherever we are present to God and that is everywhere and always. Because He is 'in Heaven' He is everywhere on earth because He is ascended, He is here now. Our devotion is not to hold us by the empty tomb it must lift up our hearts to heaven so that we too 'in heart and mind thither accent and with Him continually dwell' it must also send us forth into the world to do His will and these are not two things, but one.William Temple
Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.
William Temple
Church is only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members.
William Temple
Truth will be uppermost one time or another, like cork, though kept down in the water.
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Courage is not merely a virtue it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues.
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Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit
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