Amanda Berry Smith — in their own words
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An Autobiography 15
In my heart was peace, but I did not know how to exercise faith as I should.
Thank God for real, practical, inright, outright, downright common sense; that is all I think people need on the color line.
God showed me I was a dreadful sinner, but still I wanted to have my own way about it.
The burden rolled away; I felt it when it left me, and a flood of light and joy swept through my soul such as I had never known before.
What else ought we to do, when we bring our friends, but to sink into the will of God, and put them into His hands, and trust Him?
How often when we are passing through deep trials we look for human sympathy, and lean on the human more than on God.
How I have lived through it I cannot tell, but the blessedness of the love and the peace and power I can never describe.
Learn to know the beauty of love and power and sympathy of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
The Gospel of Jesus was so full and practical, and with good, common sense it seemed to cover all my need.
God was to separate me unto Himself and I must be weaned.
How glad I am that God nowhere teaches that men have to go into filth and indolence in order to be holy.
God gives us His Spirit, but we must walk in the light of the Spirit; then we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh, going in our own way.
Strong drink does not only destroy the soul and body of men, but robs them of every comfort of life.
How I do thank the Lord when it is my privilege to sing and pray and cheer the weary traveler along the lonesome road.
The very best chance for growing in grace, really and successfully, is to get the cleansing and all obstruction to growth out.