I, for one, believe that the more the Word of God has been sifted the more fully has it been confirmed. We had better abstain from acts which serve no practical purpose, for in this life we have neither time nor strength to waste in fruitless action. Does he pretend to be a saint? Can he not drink with them as he once did? He is a protest against their excesses, and men don’t care for such protests. How often does it happen that children, though they are not angels, yet are used to do better work
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