It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ and Mediator will remain to the end safe from all danger, for what is said of the body of the Church belongs to each of its members since they are one in Christ.
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CALVIN JOHNSON I'm a Southern guy, so Jeezy, T.I., and Outkast are always playing on my iPod. CALVIN JOHNSON If you feel like you've got a concussion, if you don't know, if you take the test whatever, ... CALVIN JOHNSON Retired life's good, man. CALVIN JOHNSON For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that fee... CALVIN JOHNSON Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over... CALVIN JOHNSON The thing I don't miss is waking up in the morning, hurting, the grind of the game. CALVIN JOHNSON Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. CALVIN COOLIDGE Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House. CALVIN COOLIDGE You can't know too much, but you can say too much. CALVIN COOLIDGE In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all o... CALVIN COOLIDGE I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the ... CALVIN KLEIN From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate ... CALVIN HARRIS In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it dif... CALVIN TRILLIN Keeping off a large weight loss is a phenomenon about as common in American medicine as an impoveris... CALVIN TRILLIN There is no question that Rumanian-Jewish food is heavy. One meal is equal in heaviness, I would gue... CALVIN TRILLIN I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my an... CALVIN TRILLIN The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just th... CALVIN TRILLIN As far as I'm concerned, "whom" is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. CALVIN TRILLIN There is no sincerer love than the love of food. 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The tempt... CALVIN COOLIDGE