QUOTE (Charles Dickens) – Dec 2

 

“I put a New Testament among your books, for the very same reasons, and with the very same hopes that made me write an easy account of it for you, when you were a little child; because it is the best book that ever was or will be known in the world.… ”
~ Charles Dickens; a note written to his child upon leave home

In honor of Charles Dickens, considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, who held his first public reading in the United States on this day in 1867.

Resources:
The Faith Behind the Famous: Charles Dickens
This Day in History for 2^nd December

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTE (Charles Dickens) – Feb 7

“Remember!–It is Christianity to do good always–even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbours as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them do to us. It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them or of our prayers or of our love of God, but always to show that we love Him by humbly trying to do right in everything. If we do this, and remember the life and lessons of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and try to act up to them, we may confidently hope that God will forgive us our sins and mistakes, and enable us to live and die in peace.”
~ Charles Dickens

In honor of Charles Dickens, generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, who was born on this day in 1812.

Resources:
Today in Christian History – February 7 
Charles Dickens > Quotes > Quotable Quote
Dickens: A Brief Biography

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