Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Cornelia Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom.
| Born | April 15, 1892 Amsterdam, Holland |
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| Died | April 15, 1983 Orange, California |
Dutch evangelist. Helped run a sort of underground railroad for Jews and the Dutch Underground in Nazi-occupied Holland. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and spent 10 months in prisons and concentration camps. Became an evangelist after the war. Best known for her book The Hiding Place.
The repository contains one quote from Corrie Ten Boom.
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
