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God dropped a spark down into everyone,
And if we find and fan it to a blaze,
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God dropped a spark down into everyone,
And if we find and fan it to a blaze,
It'll spring up and glow, like--like the sun,
And light the wandering out of stony ways.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
