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<p>&quot;You, O God, have <strong>purified </strong>us like silver<br />
melted in a crucible.&quot; Psalm 66:10<br />
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As the olives must be <strong>crushed </strong>for the oil to flow; <br />
as the grapes must be <strong>bruised </strong>in the wine-press <br />
that the vats may be filled; as the <strong>gold</strong> comes out <br />
refined from the furnace—so, <strong>through the agonies <br />
  of great trial</strong><strong>, the best Christian graces are <br />
developed.<br />
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&quot;I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.&quot; <br />
Isaiah 48:10