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Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hy — Charles Kingsley

"Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, He asks of thee works first and words after."
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
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Charles Kingsley was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. Kingsley is known for his novels Yeast (1848), Alton Locke (1850), Hypati