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Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.

Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon
Age: 57 †
Born: 1834
Born: June 19
Died: 1892
Died: January 31
Autobiographer
Cleric
Hymnwriter
Missionary
Pastor
Preacher
Theologian
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Kelvedon
Essex
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
Sin
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Suffering
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