Quotemeal: Aug. 28th, 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

"But all the wickedness in the world that man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea."
— William Langford

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Illustration of William Langford — "But all the wickedness in the world that man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea."

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