Quotemeal: Nov. 13th, 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014

"Men perish with whispering sins — nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin."
— John Donne

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Illustration of John Donne — "Men perish with whispering sins — nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.