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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
 Confess yourself to heaven,
 Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
  And do not spread the read more 
 Confess yourself to heaven,
 Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,
  And do not spread the compost on the weeds
   To make them ranker. 
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
In confession... we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of Him who loves us in spite of read more
In confession... we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of Him who loves us in spite of what we are.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats read more
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
Open confession is good for the soul
Open confession is good for the soul
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a read more
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Open confession is good for the soul.
Open confession is good for the soul.