He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God. (Charles Spurgeon)

He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.

Charles Spurgeon

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