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Salvation   /sælvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Salvation

noun
1.
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil.  Synonym: redemption.
2.
A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness.  "They turned to individualism as their salvation"
3.
The state of being saved or preserved from harm.
4.
Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.



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"Salvation" Quotes from Famous Books



... will frighten the English shopkeepers," that "the ministerial majority will likely soon be dissipated." In giving these proofs of perspicacity, Dr. Kuyper charitably adds, concerning England, "her reverses may be her salvation." And in order to ensure her this salvation, he looks forward to "those projected alliances, whose tendency it is unquestionably to draw together against that insular power," of which Dr. Kuyper would fain "be the son, were he not a Dutchman," and yet whose destruction he so ardently desires. This ...
— Boer Politics • Yves Guyot

... penetrate through this forest of rocks, where the brigands, I am told, lie in ambush for the caravans traveling between the valley of the Leontes and the villages of the lowland. But the brigands can not harm a dervish; my penury is my amulet—my salvation. ...
— The Book of Khalid • Ameen Rihani

... of a threefold worship. There is, first, the ignorant worship of the Samaritans: 'Ye worship that which ye know not.' The second, the intelligent worship of the Jew, having the true knowledge of God: 'We worship that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews.' And then the new, the spiritual worship which He Himself has come to introduce: 'The hour is coming, and is now, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth.' From the connection it is evident that the words 'in spirit ...
— Lord, Teach Us To Pray • Andrew Murray

... to the love token, our writers of romance have found salvation. Even Fielding, to whom we owe the birth of the English novel, could not overlook it—although we are almost asleep when we reach the point where Billy Booth, about to depart, is presented by Amelia with a collection of trinkets packed in a casket ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various

... young girl went to London. There she met Ballington Booth, son of General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. They were married and she came to the United States with him to interest Americans in the cause of the Salvation Army. This was a hard task. Oftentimes the army was jeered openly. The Booths ...
— Modern Americans - A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades • Chester Sanford


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