There's a difference in sin, Brother
Cross, I'm a thinking, and I'd like you to explain why, and what's
the difference. One won't have so much, and one will have more; one
will take a longer spell of preaching, and half the quantity will
be a dose to work another out clean, entire. I'm not boastful for
myself, Brother Cross, but I do say, I'd give up in despair if I
thought it took half so much to do me, as it would take for a person
like that Mrs. Thackeray."
"Sister Cooper," said brother Cross, rebukingly, "beware of the
temptation to vain-glory. Be not like the Pharisee, disdainful
of the publican. To be too well pleased with one's self is to be
displeasing to the Lord."
"Oh, Brother Cross, don't be thinking that I'm over and above
satisfied with the goodness that's in me. I know I'm not so good.
I have a great deal of evil; but then it seems to me there's a
difference in good and a difference in evil. One has most of one
and one has most of another. None of us have much good, and all of
us have a great deal of sin. God help me, for I need his help--I
have my own share; but as for that Mrs.
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