There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, … - George C. Lorimer

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My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately. . . . I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

George C. Lorimer

There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive.

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