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The established church of the town of Mansoul has the Devil for its archbishop. Sin has enclasped our nature as a boa constrictor encircles its victim, and when it has maintained its hold for twenty, forty, or sixty years, I hope you are not so foolish as to think that holy things will easily get the mastery.
The established church of the town of Mansoul has the Devil for its archbishop. Sin has enclasped our nature as a boa constrictor encircles its victim, and when it has maintained its hold for twenty, forty, or sixty years, I hope you are not so foolish as to think that holy things will easily get the mastery.
Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
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- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Charles Spurgeon: life dates 1834 to 1892. Wikidata Q278825, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278825 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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