Pithy gems from Octavius Winslow, 1808-1878
奥克塔维厄斯·温斯洛（Octavius Winslow）的精辟箴言，1808-1878
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So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself-that He created the tree upon which He was to die; and nurtured from infancy, the wicked men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood!
耶稣如此专注于通过牺牲自己来拯救罪人，以至于祂创造了祂将要死在其上的树；并从婴儿时期就抚养了那些将要把祂钉在被诅咒的木头上的邪恶之人！
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Christ took your cup of grief, your cup of the curse, pressed it to His lips, drank it to its dregs-then filled it with His sweet, pardoning, sympathizing love, and gave it back for you to drink, and to drink forever!
基督拿起你的悲伤之杯，你的诅咒之杯，将它贴近祂的嘴唇，一饮而尽，直到杯底——然后用祂甜美的、宽恕的、同情的爱重新填满它，把它还给你去饮用，永远饮用！
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It is because we have such shallow views of God’s love-that we have such defective views of God’s dealings.
We blindly interpret His providential dealings-because we so imperfectly read the engravings of His heart!
正是因为我们对上帝的爱认识如此肤浅，我们才对上帝的作为有如此缺陷的看法。
我们盲目地解释祂的护理作为——因为我们如此不完全地阅读祂心中的铭刻！
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Seasons vary, circumstances change, feelings fluctuate, friendships cool, friends die-but Christ is ever the same!
季节变化，环境改变，感情起伏，友情冷却，朋友离世——但基督永远如一！
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Prayer is the pulse of the renewed soul-and the constancy of its beat is the test and measure of the spiritual life!
祷告是更新灵魂的脉搏——它跳动的恒常性是属灵生命的考验和衡量！
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If you desire additional reading, we have posted Arthur Pink’s helpful one page article “Following Christ!“
如果你想要额外的阅读材料，我们已经发布了亚瑟·平克（Arthur Pink）有益的一页文章”跟随基督！”