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“Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never concern himself about us, if we don’t wake anybody up. But if we awake the sleeping sinner he will gnash on us with his teeth. This is our work – to wake people up.” – Catherine Booth

Old Garments

Against Pride In Clothes by Isaac Watts

Published July 11, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

Why should our garments, made to hide
Our parents’ shame, provoke our pride?
The art of dress did ne’er begin… Continue reading →

Posted in Eve, Isaac Watts, Poems/Hymns |

Tagged Grace, Humility, Modesty, Old Garments, Righteousness, Truth |

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