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Open confession is good for the soul
Open confession is good for the soul
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
I own the soft impeachment.
I own the soft impeachment.
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed read more
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
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.
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.
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.
