The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to e… - Richard Cecil

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The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.

Richard Cecil

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Richard Cecil (8 November 1748 – 15 August 1810) was a leading Evangelical Anglican clergyman of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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