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What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is…

Quote byTheodore L. Cuyler · 1822–1909

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 155..

English (original)

What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is still burning with hatred or festering with grudges against a fellow-creature? Confession, to be of any avail, must let go of its hold on the sin confessed.

— Theodore L. Cuyler

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