One sin might keep a man out of heaven; but the multitudes of our iniquities, the blackness, the aggravation, the repetition of our offenses made the case hopeless to all human power of wisdom. Let us never contribute of our substance to the Master’s cause with a grudging hand, as though a tax-gatherer were wringing from us what we could ill afford. We have seen those who dared not enter the devil’s house linger long and lovingly around the door. The old woman in the fable, who could find no wine
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