Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purit…

John Henry Newman
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. ✨ John Henry Newman, James Tolhurst (1849). Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations, p.63, Gracewing Publishing
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