Repentance must dig the foundations, but holiness shall erect the structure, and bring forth the top-stone. Repentance is the clearing away of the rubbish of the past temple of sin; holiness builds the new temple which the Lord our God shall inherit. Repentance and desires after holiness never can be separated.
Charles SpurgeonAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: british
- Born: June 19, 1834
- Died: January 31, 1892
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