Brick into Marble

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Brick into Marble

It was claimed for Augustus Caesar that he found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble. The pastor who succeeds in changing his people from a prayerless to a prayerful people has done a greater work than did Augustus. ... And after all, this is the prime work of the preacher.

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