A consistent Christian may not have rapture; he has that which is much better than rapture - calmness - God's serene and perpetual presence. (Frederick William Robertson)

A consistent Christian may not have rapture; he has that which is much better than rapture - calmness - God's serene and perpetual presence.

Frederick William Robertson

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