Eighty and six years have I ...

Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my King who saved Me?....I bless Thee for deigning me worthy of this day and this hour that I may be among Thy martyrs and drink the cup of my Lord Jesus Christ.
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For 86 years I have served Jesus Christ and he has never abandoned me. How could I curse my blessed king and savior?
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Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?
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by grace ye are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ . . . If we please Him in this present world, we shall receive also the future world, according as He has promised to us that He will raise us again from the dead, and that if we live worthily of Him, 'we shall also reign together with Him,' provided only we believe . . .
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I exhort you, press on in your course, and exhort all men that they may be saved.
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Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?
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