The whitest robes, unless their purity be preserved by divine grace, will be defiled by the blackest spots.
– Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- The world commands our desire for purity but bids that we not be too precise about it. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- We have preserved the book, and the book has preserved us. – David BenGurion
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- If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- No sooner is there a good thing in the world, than a division is necessary. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Dost thou want another eye beside that of Him who sees every secret thing? – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Be wise and attend to obeying. Let Christ manage the providing. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- You can leave the Word of God to wound and kill it need not be yourselves cutting in phrase in manner. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon