"Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that...

When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.
~ C. S. Lewis ~












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