I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced.…

Charles Spurgeon
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I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness. ✨ Charles Spurgeon (1997). God's Grace to You, p.7, Whitaker House
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