Orrin Philip Gifford (1847–1932) was an American Baptist pastor. Born in Montague, Massachusetts, Gifford was educated at Brown University and Baptist Theological Seminary at Rochester, New York. Over a long career as a pastor, Gifford ranked high among the leading clergymen of the North East, Chicago, and Western New York. He won wide fame as an able and fearless sermonizer and writer. He published a volume of his sermons titled Honest Debtors: Sermons and Addresses (c.1922.)
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Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound.
—O. P. Gifford
One never knows himself till he has denied himself.—The altar of sacrifice is the touchstone of character.
—O. P. Gifford
Countless the various species of mankind; countless the shades that separate mind from mind; no general object of desire is known; each has his will, and each pursues his own.
—O. P. Gifford
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