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Blessed is that pupil who realizes what it means to become such a devoted learner that he can find joy in denying self that he may minister to the comfort of others whenever an opportunity is afforded, recognizing that every heaven-appointed task is a part of the great cause of truth -- the giving of the "gospel to all the world in this generation."

Stories Worth Rereading Various

The swift intuition that leaps over all conceivable processes is the heaven-appointed monitor.

The Life Radiant Lilian Whiting

Curiosity is undoubtedly one of the heaven-appointed passions of the human animal.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various

Long Tom chipped a corner off the church yesterday; to-day the archdeacon preached a sermon pointing out that we are the heaven-appointed instrument to scourge the Boers.

From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War G. W. Steevens

Wherever there is sorrow, suffering, or sin, in our own or in other lands, these heaven-appointed Sisters of Charity will find their mission and their work.

Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan

But when the trial came, and all the instincts of the heart, all the feelings of the wife revolted, she proved that this violation of a heaven-appointed institution brings only sorrow and strife.

Notable Women of Olden Time Anonymous

"If you could convince me that Gertrude's heaven-appointed place is in your husband's house ----"

The Creators A Comedy May Sinclair 1904

It has been through the grouping of the nearest spiritual neighbours around the world that men have unfailingly found the heaven-appointed, world-remoulding teachers of every age.

The Lost Art of Reading Gerald Stanley Lee 1903

The opponents of this heaven-appointed doctrine have endeavored to create a prejudice against it by claiming that it teaches the social equality of the races and classes, and we are forced to admit that they have, in a measure, been successful.

Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars. 1901

Mirbeau, by virtue of his feverish artistic and moral enthusiasms, of his notorious generosity, and of his enormous vogue, was obviously the heaven-appointed man.

Marie Claire Marguerite Audoux 1900