T. Pierce Brown
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The Old Paths Archive
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It is generally understood that coal and diamonds consist of the same basic carbon compounds. The difference is कहा to be that the diamonds are formed under conditions of extreme heat and pressure for some period of time. This suggests a principle which we find in the Bible and in our own experience.

James says it this way, "Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,...