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If we do wrong and no harm comes of it, we are not thereby justified. If we did evil and good came of it, the evil would be just as evil. It is not the result of the action, but the action itself which God weighs.

Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon
Age: 57 †
Born: 1834
Born: June 19
Died: 1892
Died: January 31
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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