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444 When I am about my work, sometimes called unexpectedly and suddenly from one thing to another, I whisper in my heart, "Lord, help me to be patient, help me to remember, and help me to be faithful. Lord, enable me to do all for Christ's sake, and to go forward, leaning on the bosom of His infinite grace." —.

The holier one is, the more forbearing and loving he is; the more tender and patient and anxious to help others in every way. Think how forbearing and loving Christ is when we do wrong; and there we are to be like Him. —.

Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul—they lose nothing who gain Christ. —.

In your patience ye are strong. —.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on! hold fast! hold out! Patience is genius. —.

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