Though the moral law has ceased as a covenant, it remains as a rule of life. It will forever continue as the standard of holiness.
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Charles Backus Quote
“We are strangers to Christian love, if we harbor malice or revenge in our hearts toward any of our fellow-creatures, whatever treatment we receive at their hands.”
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