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When the fight thickens the captain says, "Steady, boys;" and it is their steadiness which pulls the soldiers through. Fitful soldiers are rarely useful ones. That is our great need today, steady Christians — men and women you can count on. Many Christians are like intermittent springs. They flow today — tomorrow you cannot get a thimbleful of religious activity out of the dried channel of their lives.

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When men differ in any matter of belief, let them meet each other manfully.

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Born: March 11, 1796
Died: September 30, 1865 (aged 69)
Bio: Francis Wayland, American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C.
Known for:
  1. The elements of moral science (1835)
  2. The elements of political economy. (1837)
  3. The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy (1854)
  4. The Limitations of Human Responsibility (1838)

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