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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 19, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 44.

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Distractions from Religious Thought

By Sidney Smith

The cry of a child, the fall of a book, the most trifling occurrence, is often sufficient to dissipate religious thought, and introduce a more willing train of ideas. A sparrow fluttering about the church is an antagonist which the most profound theologian in Europe is wholly unable to overcome.