We cannot be scholars of Christ without trying to understan… - Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

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We cannot be scholars of Christ without trying to understand what is the place and the work in the world for which each of us is fitted. Every thing which befalls us is part of our education. Every event and condition of life is a lesson which is to be turned to account to make us more worthy of Him who by suffering was made perfect—who Himself entered not into glory, till first He had suffered pain.

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

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About Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881) was an English churchman, Dean of Westminster, known as Dean Stanley.

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Alternative Names: Arthur Stanley • Dean Stanley • Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

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