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Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

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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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As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.
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Jesus poured out his soul in life before he poured it out unto death
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He that reads his Bible to find fault with it will soon discover that the Bible finds fault with him.
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Mi fe no descansa en lo que soy, o lo que seré, o como me siento, o lo que sé, sino en lo que Cristo és, en lo que él ha hecho, y en lo que él está haciendo en mí - My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me.
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If there were no hell, the loss of heaven would be hell.
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Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!
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I shall never understand, even in heaven, why the Lord Jesus should ever have loved me.
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When God accepts a sinner, He is, in fact, only accepting Christ. He looks into the sinner's eyes, and He sees His own dear Son's image there, and He takes him in.
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When preaching and private talk are not available, you need to have a tract ready.Get good striking tracts, or none at all. But a touching gospel tract may be the seed of eternal life. Therefore, do not go out without your tracts.
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