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Whoever sympathizes with
falsehood or exaggeration is more or less defiling himself. Whoever
cleanses his thoughts, and avoids exaggeration, etc., is in
that degree purifying his mind and his entire character. Nor is it
sufficient that we are sure of the truth of matters. We are to test
them further, and discern to what extent they are honorable, noble;
for, although the Lord has covered the ignoble features of our
characters, and proposes to cover them to the end with His own
merit, nevertheless we cannot be in sympathy with our fallen
condition, but on the contrary must desire true nobility and the
highest standards of honor in our hearts, in our thoughts, in all
our dealings with our God and with our
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